Adamstown vs Rheems

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

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

Rheems has the higher population (2,526 vs 2,387 in Adamstown). Adamstown has the higher median household income ($102,375 vs $93,229 in Rheems). Adamstown has the higher median home value ($263,000 vs $257,500 in Rheems).

Population, income & housing

	Adamstown	Rheems
Population	2,387	2,526
Median age	32.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,375	$93,229
Median home value	$263,000	$257,500
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,575
Housing units	816	965
Homeownership rate	81.9%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamstown	Rheems
Population	2,492 → 2,387 (-4.2%)	1,537 → 2,526 (+64.3%)
Median household income	$76,007 → $102,375 (+34.7%)	$78,875 → $93,229 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$197,800 → $263,000 (+33.0%)	$190,400 → $257,500 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,233 (+33.0%)	$1,356 → $1,575 (+16.2%)

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

Rheems

Population

1,5372,526

Median household income

$78,875$93,229

Median home value

$190,400$257,500

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamstown	Rheems
Under 5	6.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	26.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.9%
75 and over	1.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamstown	Rheems
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamstown	Rheems
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamstown	Rheems
Drove alone	69.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamstown	Rheems
1-unit, detached	60.3%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	27.5%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Adamstown	Rheems
Poverty rate	10.1%	0.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1995	1981