Myerstown vs Newmanstown

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

Myerstown 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 3,104 in Myerstown). Newmanstown has the higher median household income ($89,023 vs $53,218 in Myerstown). Newmanstown has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $180,900 in Myerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
Population	3,104	3,270
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,218	$89,023
Median home value	$180,900	$239,000
Median gross rent	$1,128	—
Housing units	1,398	1,275
Homeownership rate	55.4%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
Population	3,201 → 3,104 (-3.0%)	2,449 → 3,270 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $53,218 (+7.8%)	$62,155 → $89,023 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $180,900 (+29.1%)	$164,700 → $239,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,128 (+51.6%)	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)

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

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)

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	17.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.9%
75 and over	13.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
No high school diploma	6.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	56.5%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
Drove alone	78.8%	70.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
1-unit, detached	44.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Myerstown	Newmanstown
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1945	1996