Chinchilla vs Jermyn

A side-by-side comparison of Chinchilla and Jermyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chinchilla has the higher population (2,322 vs 2,026 in Jermyn). Chinchilla has the higher median household income ($95,536 vs $59,133 in Jermyn). Chinchilla has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $185,900 in Jermyn).

Population, income & housing

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
Population	2,322	2,026
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,536	$59,133
Median home value	$241,800	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,768	$776
Housing units	912	1,062
Homeownership rate	89.6%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
Population	2,161 → 2,322 (+7.5%)	2,080 → 2,026 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$89,828 → $95,536 (+6.4%)	$48,934 → $59,133 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $241,800 (+37.9%)	$122,300 → $185,900 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,768 (+129.3%)	$719 → $776 (+7.9%)

Chinchilla

Population

2,1612,322

Median household income

$89,828$95,536

Median home value

$175,400$241,800

Median gross rent

$771$1,768

Jermyn

Population

2,0802,026

Median household income

$48,934$59,133

Median home value

$122,300$185,900

Median gross rent

$719$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
Under 5	4.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	19.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.7%
75 and over	9.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
No high school diploma	1.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
Drove alone	88.1%	86.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
1-unit, detached	89.1%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chinchilla	Jermyn
Poverty rate	1.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1958	1951