Ancient Oaks vs Emmaus

A side-by-side comparison of Ancient Oaks and Emmaus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emmaus has the higher population (11,727 vs 7,731 in Ancient Oaks). Ancient Oaks has the higher median household income ($119,419 vs $82,875 in Emmaus). Ancient Oaks has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $244,300 in Emmaus).

Population, income & housing

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
Population	7,731	11,727
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,419	$82,875
Median home value	$404,700	$244,300
Median gross rent	$1,830	$1,331
Housing units	2,678	4,973
Homeownership rate	80.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
Population	7,387 → 7,731 (+4.7%)	11,391 → 11,727 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$110,000 → $119,419 (+8.6%)	$59,026 → $82,875 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$293,300 → $404,700 (+38.0%)	$184,900 → $244,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,558 → $1,830 (+17.5%)	$1,091 → $1,331 (+22.0%)

Ancient Oaks

Population

7,3877,731

Median household income

$110,000$119,419

Median home value

$293,300$404,700

Median gross rent

$1,558$1,830

Emmaus

Population

11,39111,727

Median household income

$59,026$82,875

Median home value

$184,900$244,300

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
Under 5	4.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.7%
75 and over	5.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	84.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	14.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
Drove alone	72.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.5%	11.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
1-unit, detached	71.1%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ancient Oaks	Emmaus
Poverty rate	1.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.99	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1998	1957