Hummelstown vs Penbrook

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

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

Hummelstown has the higher population (4,526 vs 3,260 in Penbrook). Penbrook has the higher median household income ($68,295 vs $53,148 in Hummelstown). Hummelstown has the higher median home value ($240,200 vs $140,000 in Penbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
Population	4,526	3,260
Median age	39.6 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,148	$68,295
Median home value	$240,200	$140,000
Median gross rent	$1,116	$946
Housing units	2,368	1,436
Homeownership rate	54.5%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
Population	4,688 → 4,526 (-3.5%)	2,984 → 3,260 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$60,318 → $53,148 (-11.9%)	$44,167 → $68,295 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $240,200 (+10.5%)	$111,800 → $140,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,116 (+46.3%)	$746 → $946 (+26.8%)

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

Penbrook

Population

2,9843,260

Median household income

$44,167$68,295

Median home value

$111,800$140,000

Median gross rent

$746$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
Under 5	6.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	24.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.7%
75 and over	9.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	44.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
Drove alone	66.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	22.2%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	5.0%
Other means	8.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
1-unit, detached	56.0%	24.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	40.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	17.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hummelstown	Penbrook
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.3%
Average household size	1.93	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1962	1942