Jonestown vs Richland

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

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

Jonestown has the higher population (2,004 vs 1,613 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($91,979 vs $90,375 in Jonestown). Jonestown has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $198,000 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Richland
Population	2,004	1,613
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,375	$91,979
Median home value	$236,400	$198,000
Median gross rent	$920	$972
Housing units	744	586
Homeownership rate	76.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Richland
Population	1,884 → 2,004 (+6.4%)	1,623 → 1,613 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $90,375 (+31.8%)	$71,111 → $91,979 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $236,400 (+21.0%)	$161,100 → $198,000 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $920 (+9.9%)	$938 → $972 (+3.6%)

Jonestown

Population

1,8842,004

Median household income

$68,571$90,375

Median home value

$195,400$236,400

Median gross rent

$837$920

Richland

Population

1,6231,613

Median household income

$71,111$91,979

Median home value

$161,100$198,000

Median gross rent

$938$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Richland
Under 5	6.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	3.7%	12.3%
75 and over	3.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Richland
No high school diploma	6.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	45.5%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Richland
Drove alone	79.1%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Richland
1-unit, detached	69.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Richland
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1992	1955