Mount Gretna vs Mount Gretna Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Gretna and Mount Gretna Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Gretna Heights has the higher population (246 vs 197 in Mount Gretna). Mount Gretna Heights has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $108,125 in Mount Gretna). Mount Gretna has the higher median home value ($373,500 vs $362,000 in Mount Gretna Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
Population	197	246
Median age	65.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$115,625
Median home value	$373,500	$362,000
Housing units	184	260
Homeownership rate	85.7%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
Population	270 → 197 (-27.0%)	342 → 246 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$129,081 → $108,125 (-16.2%)	$95,865 → $115,625 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$316,200 → $373,500 (+18.1%)	$214,400 → $362,000 (+68.8%)

Mount Gretna

Population

270197

Median household income

$129,081$108,125

Median home value

$316,200$373,500

Mount Gretna Heights

Population

342246

Median household income

$95,865$115,625

Median home value

$214,400$362,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	27.2%
18 to 24	0.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	3.0%	2.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.3%	7.7%
65 to 74	36.5%	8.9%
75 and over	15.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.9%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
Drove alone	76.4%	57.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	43.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
1-unit, detached	97.8%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Mount Gretna	Mount Gretna Heights
Poverty rate	8.1%	2.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938