Coplay vs Macungie

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

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

Coplay has the higher population (3,423 vs 3,247 in Macungie). Macungie has the higher median household income ($74,056 vs $67,768 in Coplay). Macungie has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $199,000 in Coplay).

Population, income & housing

	Coplay	Macungie
Population	3,423	3,247
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,768	$74,056
Median home value	$199,000	$293,900
Median gross rent	$1,163	$1,679
Housing units	1,506	1,507
Homeownership rate	69.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coplay	Macungie
Population	3,201 → 3,423 (+6.9%)	3,155 → 3,247 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$54,625 → $67,768 (+24.1%)	$67,586 → $74,056 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $199,000 (+20.5%)	$183,500 → $293,900 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $1,163 (+26.7%)	$1,203 → $1,679 (+39.6%)

Coplay

Population

3,2013,423

Median household income

$54,625$67,768

Median home value

$165,200$199,000

Median gross rent

$918$1,163

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)

	Coplay	Macungie
Under 5	5.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	21.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.2%
75 and over	9.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coplay	Macungie
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	70.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coplay	Macungie
No high school diploma	7.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coplay	Macungie
Drove alone	90.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coplay	Macungie
1-unit, detached	37.7%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	40.6%	38.5%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coplay	Macungie
Poverty rate	11.4%	18.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1955	1983