Orrstown vs Rouzerville

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

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

Rouzerville has the higher population (590 vs 357 in Orrstown). Orrstown has the higher median household income ($65,217 vs $47,987 in Rouzerville). Since 2019, Orrstown's population has grown faster (+42.8% vs -33.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
Population	357	590
Median age	41.9 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,217	$47,987
Median home value	$144,500	—
Median gross rent	$3,501	$825
Housing units	158	418
Homeownership rate	72.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
Population	250 → 357 (+42.8%)	889 → 590 (-33.6%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $65,217 (+28.8%)	$57,436 → $47,987 (-16.5%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $144,500 (+7.9%)	$110,400 → $103,100 (-6.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $3,501 (+250.1%)	$745 → $825 (+10.7%)

Orrstown

Population

250357

Median household income

$50,625$65,217

Median home value

$133,900$144,500

Median gross rent

$1,000$3,501

Rouzerville

Population

889590

Median household income

$57,436$47,987

Median home value

$110,400$103,100

Median gross rent

$745$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	1.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	21.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	41.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
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%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
No high school diploma	6.6%	13.0%
High school graduate	73.4%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
Drove alone	91.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
1-unit, detached	58.9%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	2.9%
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%	51.4%

Poverty & households

	Orrstown	Rouzerville
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.57	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1938	1983