Enola vs New Cumberland

A side-by-side comparison of Enola and New Cumberland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Cumberland has the higher population (7,531 vs 5,913 in Enola). New Cumberland has the higher median household income ($81,947 vs $68,131 in Enola). New Cumberland has the higher median home value ($232,800 vs $163,900 in Enola).

Population, income & housing

	Enola	New Cumberland
Population	5,913	7,531
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,131	$81,947
Median home value	$163,900	$232,800
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,031
Housing units	2,739	3,574
Homeownership rate	52.6%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enola	New Cumberland
Population	6,251 → 5,913 (-5.4%)	7,309 → 7,531 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$48,510 → $68,131 (+40.4%)	$66,364 → $81,947 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $163,900 (+18.9%)	$169,700 → $232,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,098 (+23.8%)	$826 → $1,031 (+24.8%)

Enola

Population

6,2515,913

Median household income

$48,510$68,131

Median home value

$137,800$163,900

Median gross rent

$887$1,098

New Cumberland

Population

7,3097,531

Median household income

$66,364$81,947

Median home value

$169,700$232,800

Median gross rent

$826$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enola	New Cumberland
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	18.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.7%
75 and over	4.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enola	New Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	83.2%
Black or African American	6.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enola	New Cumberland
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	42.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enola	New Cumberland
Drove alone	75.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.5%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enola	New Cumberland
1-unit, detached	40.4%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Enola	New Cumberland
Poverty rate	7.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1970	1953