Jonestown vs Myerstown

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

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

Myerstown has the higher population (3,104 vs 2,004 in Jonestown). Jonestown has the higher median household income ($90,375 vs $53,218 in Myerstown). Jonestown has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $180,900 in Myerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Myerstown
Population	2,004	3,104
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,375	$53,218
Median home value	$236,400	$180,900
Median gross rent	$920	$1,128
Housing units	744	1,398
Homeownership rate	76.9%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Myerstown
Population	1,884 → 2,004 (+6.4%)	3,201 → 3,104 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $90,375 (+31.8%)	$49,364 → $53,218 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $236,400 (+21.0%)	$140,100 → $180,900 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $920 (+9.9%)	$744 → $1,128 (+51.6%)

Jonestown

Population

1,8842,004

Median household income

$68,571$90,375

Median home value

$195,400$236,400

Median gross rent

$837$920

Myerstown

Population

3,2013,104

Median household income

$49,364$53,218

Median home value

$140,100$180,900

Median gross rent

$744$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Myerstown
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	5.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	3.7%	9.3%
75 and over	3.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Myerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Myerstown
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	45.5%	56.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Myerstown
Drove alone	79.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Myerstown
1-unit, detached	69.0%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Myerstown
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1992	1945