Fountain Hill vs Macungie

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

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

Fountain Hill has the higher population (4,811 vs 3,247 in Macungie). Macungie has the higher median household income ($74,056 vs $54,615 in Fountain Hill). Macungie has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $223,600 in Fountain Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
Population	4,811	3,247
Median age	37.9 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,615	$74,056
Median home value	$223,600	$293,900
Median gross rent	$1,026	$1,679
Housing units	1,893	1,507
Homeownership rate	60.3%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
Population	4,683 → 4,811 (+2.7%)	3,155 → 3,247 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$46,621 → $54,615 (+17.1%)	$67,586 → $74,056 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $223,600 (+59.3%)	$183,500 → $293,900 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,026 (+27.3%)	$1,203 → $1,679 (+39.6%)

Fountain Hill

Population

4,6834,811

Median household income

$46,621$54,615

Median home value

$140,400$223,600

Median gross rent

$806$1,026

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)

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
Under 5	7.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	21.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.2%
75 and over	10.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	70.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	38.7%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
Drove alone	72.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	2.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.0%
Other means	8.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
1-unit, detached	35.8%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	32.6%	38.5%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hill	Macungie
Poverty rate	16.3%	18.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1945	1983