Jonestown vs Slabtown

A side-by-side comparison of Jonestown and Slabtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Jonestown and Slabtown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Slabtown has the higher population (111 vs 54 in Jonestown). Since 2019, Slabtown's population has grown faster (-27.0% vs -42.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Slabtown
Population	54	111
Median age	57.5 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$90,714
Median home value	—	$225,000
Housing units	43	80
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Slabtown
Population	94 → 54 (-42.6%)	152 → 111 (-27.0%)
Median household income	$50,417 → $65,000 (+28.9%)	$54,583 → $90,714 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $95,000 (-22.1%)	$112,500 → $225,000 (+100.0%)

Jonestown

Population

9454

Median household income

$50,417$65,000

Median home value

$121,900$95,000

Slabtown

Population

152111

Median household income

$54,583$90,714

Median home value

$112,500$225,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Slabtown
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	14.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	31.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	22.2%	5.4%
65 to 74	27.8%	6.3%
75 and over	3.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Slabtown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Slabtown
No high school diploma	10.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Slabtown
Drove alone	33.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	33.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	33.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Slabtown
1-unit, detached	90.7%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	42.5%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Slabtown
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1956	1975