Mount Union vs Orbisonia

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

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

Mount Union has the higher population (2,349 vs 433 in Orbisonia). Mount Union has the higher median household income ($38,947 vs $32,917 in Orbisonia). Orbisonia has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $99,000 in Mount Union).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
Population	2,349	433
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,947	$32,917
Median home value	$99,000	$117,300
Median gross rent	$495	$582
Housing units	1,177	208
Homeownership rate	48.1%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
Population	2,289 → 2,349 (+2.6%)	402 → 433 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$33,205 → $38,947 (+17.3%)	$29,722 → $32,917 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $99,000 (+28.1%)	$89,000 → $117,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$539 → $495 (-8.2%)	$292 → $582 (+99.3%)

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

Orbisonia

Population

402433

Median household income

$29,722$32,917

Median home value

$89,000$117,300

Median gross rent

$292$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
Under 5	8.5%	13.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.9%
75 and over	8.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	98.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
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	3.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	48.2%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
Drove alone	81.1%	51.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	13.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	23.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
1-unit, detached	57.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.5%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Union	Orbisonia
Poverty rate	34.7%	24.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1951	1947