Richland vs West Myerstown

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

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

Richland has the higher population (1,613 vs 1,493 in West Myerstown). Richland has the higher median household income ($91,979 vs $80,650 in West Myerstown). West Myerstown has the higher median home value ($262,600 vs $198,000 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	West Myerstown
Population	1,613	1,493
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,979	$80,650
Median home value	$198,000	$262,600
Median gross rent	$972	$938
Housing units	586	644
Homeownership rate	84.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	West Myerstown
Population	1,623 → 1,613 (-0.6%)	—
Median household income	$71,111 → $91,979 (+29.3%)	—
Median home value	$161,100 → $198,000 (+22.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$938 → $972 (+3.6%)	—

Richland

Population

1,6231,613

Median household income

$71,111$91,979

Median home value

$161,100$198,000

Median gross rent

$938$972

West Myerstown

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richland	West Myerstown
Under 5	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	26.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.9%
75 and over	5.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	West Myerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	West Myerstown
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	West Myerstown
Drove alone	76.0%	87.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	18.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	West Myerstown
1-unit, detached	77.8%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	30.9%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richland	West Myerstown
Poverty rate	4.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1955	1985