Lititz vs Mount Joy

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

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

Lititz has the higher population (9,599 vs 8,310 in Mount Joy). Mount Joy has the higher median household income ($84,514 vs $82,861 in Lititz). Lititz has the higher median home value ($264,600 vs $241,300 in Mount Joy).

Population, income & housing

	Lititz	Mount Joy
Population	9,599	8,310
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,861	$84,514
Median home value	$264,600	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,070
Housing units	4,137	3,593
Homeownership rate	65.6%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lititz	Mount Joy
Population	9,335 → 9,599 (+2.8%)	8,163 → 8,310 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$64,343 → $82,861 (+28.8%)	$55,833 → $84,514 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$196,000 → $264,600 (+35.0%)	$179,700 → $241,300 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,207 (+20.1%)	$941 → $1,070 (+13.7%)

Lititz

Population

9,3359,599

Median household income

$64,343$82,861

Median home value

$196,000$264,600

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,207

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)

	Lititz	Mount Joy
Under 5	6.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.9%
75 and over	12.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lititz	Mount Joy
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lititz	Mount Joy
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lititz	Mount Joy
Drove alone	79.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.8%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lititz	Mount Joy
1-unit, detached	42.9%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	28.0%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	11.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Lititz	Mount Joy
Poverty rate	2.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1962	1971