Orrstown vs Pen Mar

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

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

Pen Mar has the higher population (1,338 vs 357 in Orrstown). Pen Mar has the higher median household income ($117,010 vs $65,217 in Orrstown). Pen Mar has the higher median home value ($264,100 vs $144,500 in Orrstown).

Population, income & housing

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
Population	357	1,338
Median age	41.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,217	$117,010
Median home value	$144,500	$264,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	158	446
Homeownership rate	72.4%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
Population	250 → 357 (+42.8%)	1,025 → 1,338 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $65,217 (+28.8%)	$76,786 → $117,010 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $144,500 (+7.9%)	$208,800 → $264,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $3,501 (+250.1%)	—

Orrstown

Population

250357

Median household income

$50,625$65,217

Median home value

$133,900$144,500

Median gross rent

$1,000$3,501

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)

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
Under 5	7.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	27.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	24.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.4%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.3%
75 and over	8.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
No high school diploma	6.6%	13.4%
High school graduate	73.4%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
Drove alone	91.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
1-unit, detached	58.9%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orrstown	Pen Mar
Poverty rate	7.7%	1.0%
Average household size	2.57	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1938	1980