Adamstown vs Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Adamstown and Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adamstown has the higher population (2,387 vs 2,297 in Gap). Adamstown has the higher median household income ($102,375 vs $96,007 in Gap). Gap has the higher median home value ($321,500 vs $263,000 in Adamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Adamstown	Gap
Population	2,387	2,297
Median age	32.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$102,375	$96,007
Median home value	$263,000	$321,500
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,238
Housing units	816	847
Homeownership rate	81.9%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamstown	Gap
Population	2,492 → 2,387 (-4.2%)	2,581 → 2,297 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$76,007 → $102,375 (+34.7%)	$103,143 → $96,007 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$197,800 → $263,000 (+33.0%)	$289,900 → $321,500 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,233 (+33.0%)	$996 → $1,238 (+24.3%)

Adamstown

Population

2,4922,387

Median household income

$76,007$102,375

Median home value

$197,800$263,000

Median gross rent

$927$1,233

Gap

Population

2,5812,297

Median household income

$103,143$96,007

Median home value

$289,900$321,500

Median gross rent

$996$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamstown	Gap
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	26.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.0%
75 and over	1.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamstown	Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamstown	Gap
No high school diploma	4.7%	18.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamstown	Gap
Drove alone	69.4%	69.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamstown	Gap
1-unit, detached	60.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	27.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Adamstown	Gap
Poverty rate	10.1%	2.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1995	1969