Linglestown vs Paxtonia

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

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

Linglestown has the higher population (6,747 vs 4,530 in Paxtonia). Paxtonia has the higher median household income ($100,573 vs $89,887 in Linglestown). Linglestown has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $240,400 in Paxtonia).

Population, income & housing

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
Population	6,747	4,530
Median age	42.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,887	$100,573
Median home value	$242,800	$240,400
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,372
Housing units	2,746	1,914
Homeownership rate	84.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
Population	5,688 → 6,747 (+18.6%)	5,296 → 4,530 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$77,995 → $89,887 (+15.2%)	$76,302 → $100,573 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $242,800 (+27.7%)	$198,900 → $240,400 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,647 (+89.3%)	$1,078 → $1,372 (+27.3%)

Linglestown

Population

5,6886,747

Median household income

$77,995$89,887

Median home value

$190,200$242,800

Median gross rent

$870$1,647

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)

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
Under 5	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.8%
75 and over	7.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	73.8%
Black or African American	14.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
Drove alone	74.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.4%	13.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
1-unit, detached	87.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	19.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Linglestown	Paxtonia
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1970	1976