Greencastle vs Wayne Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Greencastle and Wayne Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greencastle has the higher population (4,237 vs 3,496 in Wayne Heights). Wayne Heights has the higher median household income ($88,450 vs $74,725 in Greencastle). Wayne Heights has the higher median home value ($256,300 vs $255,200 in Greencastle).

Population, income & housing

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
Population	4,237	3,496
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,725	$88,450
Median home value	$255,200	$256,300
Median gross rent	$886	$1,163
Housing units	1,853	1,405
Homeownership rate	65.0%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
Population	4,013 → 4,237 (+5.6%)	2,616 → 3,496 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$63,993 → $74,725 (+16.8%)	$66,620 → $88,450 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $255,200 (+47.8%)	$206,600 → $256,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $886 (+2.3%)	$936 → $1,163 (+24.3%)

Greencastle

Population

4,0134,237

Median household income

$63,993$74,725

Median home value

$172,700$255,200

Median gross rent

$866$886

Wayne Heights

Population

2,6163,496

Median household income

$66,620$88,450

Median home value

$206,600$256,300

Median gross rent

$936$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
Under 5	9.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	17.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	4.9%
75 and over	9.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
Drove alone	80.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
1-unit, detached	60.8%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	22.2%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greencastle	Wayne Heights
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1969	1992