Millersville vs Willow Street

A side-by-side comparison of Millersville and Willow Street: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willow Street has the higher population (10,010 vs 8,711 in Millersville). Willow Street has the higher median household income ($106,867 vs $65,721 in Millersville). Willow Street has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $265,500 in Millersville).

Population, income & housing

	Millersville	Willow Street
Population	8,711	10,010
Median age	22.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,721	$106,867
Median home value	$265,500	$298,200
Median gross rent	$1,322	$2,453
Housing units	2,380	4,674
Homeownership rate	53.8%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millersville	Willow Street
Population	8,322 → 8,711 (+4.7%)	8,478 → 10,010 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$51,077 → $65,721 (+28.7%)	$76,007 → $106,867 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$175,100 → $265,500 (+51.6%)	$248,000 → $298,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,322 (+12.3%)	$2,083 → $2,453 (+17.8%)

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

Willow Street

Population

8,47810,010

Median household income

$76,007$106,867

Median home value

$248,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millersville	Willow Street
Under 5	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	41.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	13.2%
75 and over	6.3%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millersville	Willow Street
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	82.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	5.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millersville	Willow Street
No high school diploma	12.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millersville	Willow Street
Drove alone	67.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	12.9%
Other means	0.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millersville	Willow Street
1-unit, detached	51.9%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	5.4%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Millersville	Willow Street
Poverty rate	24.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1965	1989