Mount Gretna vs Timber Hills

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

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

Timber Hills has the higher population (295 vs 197 in Mount Gretna). Timber Hills has the higher median household income ($134,063 vs $108,125 in Mount Gretna). Mount Gretna has the higher median home value ($373,500 vs $349,000 in Timber Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
Population	197	295
Median age	65.8 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$134,063
Median home value	$373,500	$349,000
Housing units	184	87
Homeownership rate	85.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	90.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
Population	270 → 197 (-27.0%)	679 → 295 (-56.6%)
Median household income	$129,081 → $108,125 (-16.2%)	$121,469 → $134,063 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$316,200 → $373,500 (+18.1%)	$242,800 → $349,000 (+43.7%)

Mount Gretna

Population

270197

Median household income

$129,081$108,125

Median home value

$316,200$373,500

Timber Hills

Population

679295

Median household income

$121,469$134,063

Median home value

$242,800$349,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
Under 5	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 17	9.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.5%	28.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	4.1%
65 to 74	36.5%	47.5%
75 and over	15.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
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	Timber Hills
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	9.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	80.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
Drove alone	76.4%	0.0%
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%	35.3%
Other means	0.0%	64.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
1-unit, detached	97.8%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Gretna	Timber Hills
Poverty rate	8.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.01	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1938	1976