Meadville vs Pymatuning Central

A side-by-side comparison of Meadville and Pymatuning Central: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadville has the higher population (12,723 vs 2,505 in Pymatuning Central). Pymatuning Central has the higher median household income ($62,542 vs $46,012 in Meadville). Pymatuning Central has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $115,700 in Meadville).

Population, income & housing

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
Population	12,723	2,505
Median age	36.0 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,012	$62,542
Median home value	$115,700	$124,000
Median gross rent	$887	$742
Housing units	5,524	2,907
Homeownership rate	30.4%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
Population	12,864 → 12,723 (-1.1%)	2,163 → 2,505 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$36,793 → $46,012 (+25.1%)	$49,293 → $62,542 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$110,100 → $115,700 (+5.1%)	$102,100 → $124,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $887 (+33.4%)	$706 → $742 (+5.1%)

Meadville

Population

12,86412,723

Median household income

$36,793$46,012

Median home value

$110,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$665$887

Pymatuning Central

Population

2,1632,505

Median household income

$49,293$62,542

Median home value

$102,100$124,000

Median gross rent

$706$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
Under 5	3.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	21.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	21.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	19.5%
75 and over	8.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	96.9%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	43.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
Drove alone	63.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	16.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	9.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
1-unit, detached	49.9%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Meadville	Pymatuning Central
Poverty rate	18.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	14	36
Median year structure built	1950	1974