Messiah College vs Wormleysburg

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

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

Wormleysburg has the higher population (3,058 vs 2,273 in Messiah College). Since 2019, Messiah College's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
Population	2,273	3,058
Median age	20.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$86,940
Median home value	—	$211,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,379
Housing units	8	1,429
Homeownership rate	50.0%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
Population	2,158 → 2,273 (+5.3%)	3,062 → 3,058 (-0.1%)
Median household income	—	$65,972 → $86,940 (+31.8%)
Median home value	—	$164,700 → $211,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,008 → $1,379 (+36.8%)

Messiah College

Population

2,1582,273

Wormleysburg

Population

3,0623,058

Median household income

$65,972$86,940

Median home value

$164,700$211,100

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	98.9%	11.4%
25 to 34	0.8%	20.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	0.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	0.2%	6.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	66.5%
Black or African American	5.9%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	16.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	50.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
Drove alone	20.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	1.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	67.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
1-unit, detached	50.0%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	50.0%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	29.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Messiah College	Wormleysburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.2%
Average household size	1.50	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	9	25
Median year structure built	1980	1966