Avon vs West Myerstown

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and West Myerstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avon has the higher population (1,532 vs 1,493 in West Myerstown). West Myerstown has the higher median household income ($80,650 vs $66,458 in Avon). West Myerstown has the higher median home value ($262,600 vs $198,200 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	West Myerstown
Population	1,532	1,493
Median age	48.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,458	$80,650
Median home value	$198,200	$262,600
Median gross rent	$700	$938
Housing units	701	644
Homeownership rate	76.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	West Myerstown
Population	1,398 → 1,532 (+9.6%)	—
Median household income	$65,962 → $66,458 (+0.8%)	—
Median home value	$160,900 → $198,200 (+23.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$730 → $700 (-4.1%)	—

Avon

Population

1,3981,532

Median household income

$65,962$66,458

Median home value

$160,900$198,200

Median gross rent

$730$700

West Myerstown

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	West Myerstown
Under 5	2.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	26.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	21.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.9%
75 and over	10.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	West Myerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	West Myerstown
No high school diploma	21.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	54.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	West Myerstown
Drove alone	80.6%	87.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	West Myerstown
1-unit, detached	73.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	30.9%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon	West Myerstown
Poverty rate	4.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1970	1985