Harlansburg vs Wampum

A side-by-side comparison of Harlansburg and Wampum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wampum has the higher population (498 vs 325 in Harlansburg). Harlansburg has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $49,375 in Wampum). Harlansburg has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $97,200 in Wampum).

Population, income & housing

	Harlansburg	Wampum
Population	325	498
Median age	46.4 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,659	$49,375
Median home value	$141,100	$97,200
Median gross rent	$1,053	$618
Housing units	158	274
Homeownership rate	79.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlansburg	Wampum
Population	—	606 → 498 (-17.8%)
Median household income	—	$50,417 → $49,375 (-2.1%)
Median home value	—	$81,800 → $97,200 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$623 → $618 (-0.8%)

Harlansburg

Wampum

Population

606498

Median household income

$50,417$49,375

Median home value

$81,800$97,200

Median gross rent

$623$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlansburg	Wampum
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	16.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	22.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	14.9%
75 and over	6.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlansburg	Wampum
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlansburg	Wampum
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlansburg	Wampum
Drove alone	82.5%	65.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlansburg	Wampum
1-unit, detached	60.1%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Harlansburg	Wampum
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.0%
Average household size	2.27	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1983	1950