Millersville vs Mount Joy

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

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

Millersville has the higher population (8,711 vs 8,310 in Mount Joy). Mount Joy has the higher median household income ($84,514 vs $65,721 in Millersville). Millersville has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $241,300 in Mount Joy).

Population, income & housing

	Millersville	Mount Joy
Population	8,711	8,310
Median age	22.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,721	$84,514
Median home value	$265,500	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,070
Housing units	2,380	3,593
Homeownership rate	53.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millersville	Mount Joy
Population	8,322 → 8,711 (+4.7%)	8,163 → 8,310 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$51,077 → $65,721 (+28.7%)	$55,833 → $84,514 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$175,100 → $265,500 (+51.6%)	$179,700 → $241,300 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,322 (+12.3%)	$941 → $1,070 (+13.7%)

Millersville

Population

8,3228,711

Median household income

$51,077$65,721

Median home value

$175,100$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,322

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)

	Millersville	Mount Joy
Under 5	1.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	41.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.1%	11.9%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millersville	Mount Joy
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millersville	Mount Joy
No high school diploma	12.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millersville	Mount Joy
Drove alone	67.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millersville	Mount Joy
1-unit, detached	51.9%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	11.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Millersville	Mount Joy
Poverty rate	24.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1965	1971