Egypt vs Macungie

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

Egypt 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 2,964 in Egypt). Egypt has the higher median household income ($108,284 vs $74,056 in Macungie). Egypt has the higher median home value ($296,100 vs $293,900 in Macungie).

Population, income & housing

	Egypt	Macungie
Population	2,964	3,247
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,284	$74,056
Median home value	$296,100	$293,900
Median gross rent	$1,602	$1,679
Housing units	1,084	1,507
Homeownership rate	88.7%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Egypt	Macungie
Population	2,273 → 2,964 (+30.4%)	3,155 → 3,247 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$96,125 → $108,284 (+12.6%)	$67,586 → $74,056 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$229,200 → $296,100 (+29.2%)	$183,500 → $293,900 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,767 → $1,602 (-9.3%)	$1,203 → $1,679 (+39.6%)

Egypt

Population

2,2732,964

Median household income

$96,125$108,284

Median home value

$229,200$296,100

Median gross rent

$1,767$1,602

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)

	Egypt	Macungie
Under 5	4.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	21.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.2%
75 and over	8.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Egypt	Macungie
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	70.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Egypt	Macungie
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	38.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Egypt	Macungie
Drove alone	79.8%	86.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Egypt	Macungie
1-unit, detached	84.6%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	38.5%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Egypt	Macungie
Poverty rate	4.2%	18.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1966	1983