Hummelstown vs Paxtonia

A side-by-side comparison of Hummelstown and Paxtonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxtonia has the higher population (4,530 vs 4,526 in Hummelstown). Paxtonia has the higher median household income ($100,573 vs $53,148 in Hummelstown). Paxtonia has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $240,200 in Hummelstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
Population	4,526	4,530
Median age	39.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,148	$100,573
Median home value	$240,200	$240,400
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,372
Housing units	2,368	1,914
Homeownership rate	54.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
Population	4,688 → 4,526 (-3.5%)	5,296 → 4,530 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$60,318 → $53,148 (-11.9%)	$76,302 → $100,573 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $240,200 (+10.5%)	$198,900 → $240,400 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,116 (+46.3%)	$1,078 → $1,372 (+27.3%)

Hummelstown

Population

4,6884,526

Median household income

$60,318$53,148

Median home value

$217,300$240,200

Median gross rent

$763$1,116

Paxtonia

Population

5,2964,530

Median household income

$76,302$100,573

Median home value

$198,900$240,400

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,372

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
Under 5	6.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.8%
75 and over	9.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
Drove alone	66.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.9%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.6%	13.0%
Other means	8.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
1-unit, detached	56.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	19.1%
20 or more units	17.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Hummelstown	Paxtonia
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.7%
Average household size	1.93	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1962	1976