Leola vs Mount Joy

A side-by-side comparison of Leola and Mount Joy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Joy has the higher population (8,310 vs 8,107 in Leola). Leola has the higher median household income ($84,653 vs $84,514 in Mount Joy). Leola has the higher median home value ($324,600 vs $241,300 in Mount Joy).

Population, income & housing

	Leola	Mount Joy
Population	8,107	8,310
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,653	$84,514
Median home value	$324,600	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,371	$1,070
Housing units	3,102	3,593
Homeownership rate	55.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leola	Mount Joy
Population	7,576 → 8,107 (+7.0%)	8,163 → 8,310 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$64,711 → $84,653 (+30.8%)	$55,833 → $84,514 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$221,700 → $324,600 (+46.4%)	$179,700 → $241,300 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,371 (+31.6%)	$941 → $1,070 (+13.7%)

Leola

Population

7,5768,107

Median household income

$64,711$84,653

Median home value

$221,700$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,371

Mount Joy

Population

8,1638,310

Median household income

$55,833$84,514

Median home value

$179,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$941$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leola	Mount Joy
Under 5	5.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	17.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.9%
75 and over	4.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leola	Mount Joy
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	82.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leola	Mount Joy
No high school diploma	16.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leola	Mount Joy
Drove alone	76.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leola	Mount Joy
1-unit, detached	62.5%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	11.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Leola	Mount Joy
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1980	1971