Fredericksburg vs West Myerstown

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

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

West Myerstown has the higher population (1,493 vs 1,478 in Fredericksburg). Fredericksburg has the higher median household income ($91,806 vs $80,650 in West Myerstown). West Myerstown has the higher median home value ($262,600 vs $221,400 in Fredericksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
Population	1,478	1,493
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,806	$80,650
Median home value	$221,400	$262,600
Median gross rent	$617	$938
Housing units	535	644
Homeownership rate	84.9%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
Population	1,726 → 1,478 (-14.4%)	—
Median household income	$75,688 → $91,806 (+21.3%)	—
Median home value	$153,900 → $221,400 (+43.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$599 → $617 (+3.0%)	—

Fredericksburg

Population

1,7261,478

Median household income

$75,688$91,806

Median home value

$153,900$221,400

Median gross rent

$599$617

West Myerstown

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	26.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
No high school diploma	14.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	40.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
Drove alone	79.6%	87.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.2%
Other means	9.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
1-unit, detached	67.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	30.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	West Myerstown
Poverty rate	8.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1994	1985