Mount Jackson vs Wampum

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

Mount Jackson 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 483 in Mount Jackson). Wampum has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $46,058 in Mount Jackson). Mount Jackson has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $97,200 in Wampum).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
Population	483	498
Median age	45.8 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,058	$49,375
Median home value	$142,400	$97,200
Median gross rent	—	$618
Housing units	303	274
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Jackson	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%)

Mount Jackson

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)

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
Under 5	2.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	0.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	25.7%	22.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.9%
75 and over	9.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	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	2.3%	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+

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
No high school diploma	12.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	45.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
Drove alone	96.9%	65.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
1-unit, detached	78.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Jackson	Wampum
Poverty rate	9.7%	19.0%
Average household size	2.09	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1974	1950