Myerstown vs Palmyra

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

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

Palmyra has the higher population (7,769 vs 3,104 in Myerstown). Palmyra has the higher median household income ($71,018 vs $53,218 in Myerstown). Palmyra has the higher median home value ($211,900 vs $180,900 in Myerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Myerstown	Palmyra
Population	3,104	7,769
Median age	40.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,218	$71,018
Median home value	$180,900	$211,900
Median gross rent	$1,128	$1,058
Housing units	1,398	3,099
Homeownership rate	55.4%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myerstown	Palmyra
Population	3,201 → 3,104 (-3.0%)	7,536 → 7,769 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $53,218 (+7.8%)	$51,643 → $71,018 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $180,900 (+29.1%)	$149,100 → $211,900 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,128 (+51.6%)	$889 → $1,058 (+19.0%)

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

Palmyra

Population

7,5367,769

Median household income

$51,643$71,018

Median home value

$149,100$211,900

Median gross rent

$889$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myerstown	Palmyra
Under 5	5.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	5.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.6%
75 and over	13.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myerstown	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	77.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myerstown	Palmyra
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	56.5%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myerstown	Palmyra
Drove alone	78.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myerstown	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	44.3%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Myerstown	Palmyra
Poverty rate	7.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1945	1957