Mount Joy vs Willow Street

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

Mount Joy 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 8,310 in Mount Joy). Willow Street has the higher median household income ($106,867 vs $84,514 in Mount Joy). Willow Street has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $241,300 in Mount Joy).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
Population	8,310	10,010
Median age	38.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,514	$106,867
Median home value	$241,300	$298,200
Median gross rent	$1,070	$2,453
Housing units	3,593	4,674
Homeownership rate	61.5%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
Population	8,163 → 8,310 (+1.8%)	8,478 → 10,010 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $84,514 (+51.4%)	$76,007 → $106,867 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $241,300 (+34.3%)	$248,000 → $298,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,070 (+13.7%)	$2,083 → $2,453 (+17.8%)

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

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)

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.4%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	38.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
Drove alone	76.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.9%
Other means	0.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
1-unit, detached	44.0%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Joy	Willow Street
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1971	1989