Huntingdon vs Mount Union

A side-by-side comparison of Huntingdon and Mount Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntingdon has the higher population (6,884 vs 2,349 in Mount Union). Huntingdon has the higher median household income ($66,429 vs $38,947 in Mount Union). Huntingdon has the higher median home value ($189,400 vs $99,000 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
Population	6,884	2,349
Median age	35.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,429	$38,947
Median home value	$189,400	$99,000
Median gross rent	$832	$495
Housing units	2,931	1,177
Homeownership rate	56.0%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
Population	6,977 → 6,884 (-1.3%)	2,289 → 2,349 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$44,489 → $66,429 (+49.3%)	$33,205 → $38,947 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $189,400 (+61.9%)	$77,300 → $99,000 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $832 (+28.8%)	$539 → $495 (-8.2%)

Huntingdon

Population

6,9776,884

Median household income

$44,489$66,429

Median home value

$117,000$189,400

Median gross rent

$646$832

Mount Union

Population

2,2892,349

Median household income

$33,205$38,947

Median home value

$77,300$99,000

Median gross rent

$539$495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
Under 5	2.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	24.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	18.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.4%
75 and over	7.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
Drove alone	60.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	18.6%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	2.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
1-unit, detached	61.2%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	21.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Huntingdon	Mount Union
Poverty rate	11.7%	34.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1942	1951