Punxsutawney vs Reynoldsville

A side-by-side comparison of Punxsutawney and Reynoldsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Punxsutawney has the higher population (5,689 vs 2,622 in Reynoldsville). Reynoldsville has the higher median household income ($46,433 vs $43,097 in Punxsutawney). Punxsutawney has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $89,000 in Reynoldsville).

Population, income & housing

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
Population	5,689	2,622
Median age	45.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,097	$46,433
Median home value	$102,500	$89,000
Median gross rent	$796	$672
Housing units	2,988	1,144
Homeownership rate	52.7%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
Population	5,770 → 5,689 (-1.4%)	2,672 → 2,622 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$32,221 → $43,097 (+33.8%)	$35,614 → $46,433 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $102,500 (+22.5%)	$75,500 → $89,000 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $796 (+26.6%)	$600 → $672 (+12.0%)

Punxsutawney

Population

5,7705,689

Median household income

$32,221$43,097

Median home value

$83,700$102,500

Median gross rent

$629$796

Reynoldsville

Population

2,6722,622

Median household income

$35,614$46,433

Median home value

$75,500$89,000

Median gross rent

$600$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
Under 5	4.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.5%
75 and over	12.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.4%
High school graduate	50.4%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
Drove alone	82.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	14.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.9%
Walked	6.1%	6.6%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
1-unit, detached	65.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	10.8%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Punxsutawney	Reynoldsville
Poverty rate	21.4%	23.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1953	1938