Messiah College vs Newville

A side-by-side comparison of Messiah College and Newville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Messiah College has the higher population (2,273 vs 1,269 in Newville). Since 2019, Messiah College's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Messiah College	Newville
Population	2,273	1,269
Median age	20.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,599
Median home value	—	$161,300
Median gross rent	—	$884
Housing units	8	568
Homeownership rate	50.0%	50.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Messiah College	Newville
Population	2,158 → 2,273 (+5.3%)	1,266 → 1,269 (+0.2%)
Median household income	—	$42,545 → $62,599 (+47.1%)
Median home value	—	$121,500 → $161,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$748 → $884 (+18.2%)

Messiah College

Population

2,1582,273

Newville

Population

1,2661,269

Median household income

$42,545$62,599

Median home value

$121,500$161,300

Median gross rent

$748$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Messiah College	Newville
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	98.9%	14.1%
25 to 34	0.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	0.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	0.2%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Messiah College	Newville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Messiah College	Newville
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	16.7%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	50.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Messiah College	Newville
Drove alone	20.2%	65.5%
Carpooled	1.0%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	67.8%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Messiah College	Newville
1-unit, detached	50.0%	28.9%
1-unit, attached	50.0%	34.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Messiah College	Newville
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.2%
Average household size	1.50	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	9	22
Median year structure built	1980	1938