Jonestown vs Newmanstown

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

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

Newmanstown has the higher population (3,270 vs 2,004 in Jonestown). Jonestown has the higher median household income ($90,375 vs $89,023 in Newmanstown). Newmanstown has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $236,400 in Jonestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
Population	2,004	3,270
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,375	$89,023
Median home value	$236,400	$239,000
Median gross rent	$920	—
Housing units	744	1,275
Homeownership rate	76.9%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
Population	1,884 → 2,004 (+6.4%)	2,449 → 3,270 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $90,375 (+31.8%)	$62,155 → $89,023 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $236,400 (+21.0%)	$164,700 → $239,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $920 (+9.9%)	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)

Jonestown

Population

1,8842,004

Median household income

$68,571$90,375

Median home value

$195,400$236,400

Median gross rent

$837$920

Newmanstown

Population

2,4493,270

Median household income

$62,155$89,023

Median home value

$164,700$239,000

Median gross rent

$779$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
Under 5	6.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	17.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	3.7%	7.9%
75 and over	3.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	45.5%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
Drove alone	79.1%	70.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
1-unit, detached	69.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Newmanstown
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1992	1996