Emmaus vs Wescosville

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

Emmaus and Wescosville 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 7,156 in Wescosville). Wescosville has the higher median household income ($124,719 vs $82,875 in Emmaus). Wescosville has the higher median home value ($428,800 vs $244,300 in Emmaus).

Population, income & housing

	Emmaus	Wescosville
Population	11,727	7,156
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,875	$124,719
Median home value	$244,300	$428,800
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,498
Housing units	4,973	2,697
Homeownership rate	67.6%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmaus	Wescosville
Population	11,391 → 11,727 (+2.9%)	6,694 → 7,156 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$59,026 → $82,875 (+40.4%)	$86,940 → $124,719 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$184,900 → $244,300 (+32.1%)	$303,600 → $428,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,331 (+22.0%)	$1,345 → $1,498 (+11.4%)

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

Wescosville

Population

6,6947,156

Median household income

$86,940$124,719

Median home value

$303,600$428,800

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmaus	Wescosville
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmaus	Wescosville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	75.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmaus	Wescosville
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmaus	Wescosville
Drove alone	77.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmaus	Wescosville
1-unit, detached	48.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	26.9%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Emmaus	Wescosville
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1957	1984