Mont Alto vs Pen Mar

A side-by-side comparison of Mont Alto and Pen Mar: population, income, housing, and more.

Mont Alto and Pen Mar are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mont Alto has the higher population (1,531 vs 1,338 in Pen Mar). Pen Mar has the higher median household income ($117,010 vs $74,722 in Mont Alto). Pen Mar has the higher median home value ($264,100 vs $188,000 in Mont Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
Population	1,531	1,338
Median age	38.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,722	$117,010
Median home value	$188,000	$264,100
Median gross rent	$1,291	—
Housing units	634	446
Homeownership rate	73.2%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
Population	1,783 → 1,531 (-14.1%)	1,025 → 1,338 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$62,159 → $74,722 (+20.2%)	$76,786 → $117,010 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $188,000 (+31.8%)	$208,800 → $264,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,291 (+30.9%)	—

Mont Alto

Population

1,7831,531

Median household income

$62,159$74,722

Median home value

$142,600$188,000

Median gross rent

$986$1,291

Pen Mar

Population

1,0251,338

Median household income

$76,786$117,010

Median home value

$208,800$264,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
Under 5	4.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	6.8%	27.1%
18 to 24	19.1%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	24.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.3%
75 and over	7.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	84.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.4%
High school graduate	44.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
Drove alone	84.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
1-unit, detached	68.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mont Alto	Pen Mar
Poverty rate	12.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.31	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1969	1980