Palmdale vs Paxtang

A side-by-side comparison of Palmdale and Paxtang: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxtang has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,507 in Palmdale). Paxtang has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $60,449 in Palmdale). Palmdale has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $179,900 in Paxtang).

Population, income & housing

	Palmdale	Paxtang
Population	1,507	1,617
Median age	32.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,449	$83,571
Median home value	$221,500	$179,900
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,085
Housing units	672	694
Homeownership rate	38.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmdale	Paxtang
Population	1,252 → 1,507 (+20.4%)	1,726 → 1,617 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $60,449 (+0.2%)	$73,015 → $83,571 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$176,500 → $221,500 (+25.5%)	$145,500 → $179,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,385 (+44.6%)	$972 → $1,085 (+11.6%)

Palmdale

Population

1,2521,507

Median household income

$60,313$60,449

Median home value

$176,500$221,500

Median gross rent

$958$1,385

Paxtang

Population

1,7261,617

Median household income

$73,015$83,571

Median home value

$145,500$179,900

Median gross rent

$972$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmdale	Paxtang
Under 5	7.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	25.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	22.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	7.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.6%
75 and over	4.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmdale	Paxtang
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	64.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	24.8%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmdale	Paxtang
No high school diploma	11.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmdale	Paxtang
Drove alone	75.6%	70.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.7%
Public transit	8.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmdale	Paxtang
1-unit, detached	29.9%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	18.2%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palmdale	Paxtang
Poverty rate	27.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1976	1938