Newmanstown vs Palmyra

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

Newmanstown 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 3,270 in Newmanstown). Newmanstown has the higher median household income ($89,023 vs $71,018 in Palmyra). Newmanstown has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $211,900 in Palmyra).

Population, income & housing

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
Population	3,270	7,769
Median age	40.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,023	$71,018
Median home value	$239,000	$211,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,058
Housing units	1,275	3,099
Homeownership rate	83.2%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
Population	2,449 → 3,270 (+33.5%)	7,536 → 7,769 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$62,155 → $89,023 (+43.2%)	$51,643 → $71,018 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$164,700 → $239,000 (+45.1%)	$149,100 → $211,900 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)	$889 → $1,058 (+19.0%)

Newmanstown

Population

2,4493,270

Median household income

$62,155$89,023

Median home value

$164,700$239,000

Median gross rent

$779$896

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)

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
Under 5	4.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	24.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.6%
75 and over	7.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	77.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	51.6%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
Drove alone	70.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	18.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	15.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
1-unit, detached	76.6%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Newmanstown	Palmyra
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1996	1957