Cornwall vs Palmyra

A side-by-side comparison of Cornwall and Palmyra: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmyra has the higher population (7,769 vs 4,602 in Cornwall). Cornwall has the higher median household income ($102,861 vs $71,018 in Palmyra). Cornwall has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $211,900 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Cornwall	Palmyra
Population	4,602	7,769
Median age	56.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,861	$71,018
Median home value	$307,400	$211,900
Median gross rent	$2,974	$1,058
Housing units	2,146	3,099
Homeownership rate	75.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornwall	Palmyra
Population	4,315 → 4,602 (+6.7%)	7,536 → 7,769 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$81,815 → $102,861 (+25.7%)	$51,643 → $71,018 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$220,800 → $307,400 (+39.2%)	$149,100 → $211,900 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,946 → $2,974 (+52.8%)	$889 → $1,058 (+19.0%)

Cornwall

Population

4,3154,602

Median household income

$81,815$102,861

Median home value

$220,800$307,400

Median gross rent

$1,946$2,974

Palmyra

Population

7,5367,769

Median household income

$51,643$71,018

Median home value

$149,100$211,900

Median gross rent

$889$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornwall	Palmyra
Under 5	7.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	18.3%	10.6%
75 and over	20.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornwall	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornwall	Palmyra
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	33.8%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornwall	Palmyra
Drove alone	73.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	15.7%
Other means	3.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornwall	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	67.7%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	24.4%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Cornwall	Palmyra
Poverty rate	3.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1987	1957