Alburtis vs Macungie

A side-by-side comparison of Alburtis and Macungie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Macungie has the higher population (3,247 vs 2,586 in Alburtis). Alburtis has the higher median household income ($102,946 vs $74,056 in Macungie). Macungie has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $242,300 in Alburtis).

Population, income & housing

	Alburtis	Macungie
Population	2,586	3,247
Median age	32.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,946	$74,056
Median home value	$242,300	$293,900
Median gross rent	$1,816	$1,679
Housing units	883	1,507
Homeownership rate	83.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alburtis	Macungie
Population	2,577 → 2,586 (+0.3%)	3,155 → 3,247 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$81,849 → $102,946 (+25.8%)	$67,586 → $74,056 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$186,400 → $242,300 (+30.0%)	$183,500 → $293,900 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $1,816 (+33.0%)	$1,203 → $1,679 (+39.6%)

Alburtis

Population

2,5772,586

Median household income

$81,849$102,946

Median home value

$186,400$242,300

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,816

Macungie

Population

3,1553,247

Median household income

$67,586$74,056

Median home value

$183,500$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,203$1,679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alburtis	Macungie
Under 5	8.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	18.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	21.5%
55 to 64	6.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.2%
75 and over	3.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alburtis	Macungie
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	70.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alburtis	Macungie
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alburtis	Macungie
Drove alone	85.4%	86.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alburtis	Macungie
1-unit, detached	41.7%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	53.2%	38.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alburtis	Macungie
Poverty rate	5.3%	18.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1980	1983