Fountain Hill vs Wescosville

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

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

Wescosville has the higher population (7,156 vs 4,811 in Fountain Hill). Wescosville has the higher median household income ($124,719 vs $54,615 in Fountain Hill). Wescosville has the higher median home value ($428,800 vs $223,600 in Fountain Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
Population	4,811	7,156
Median age	37.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,615	$124,719
Median home value	$223,600	$428,800
Median gross rent	$1,026	$1,498
Housing units	1,893	2,697
Homeownership rate	60.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
Population	4,683 → 4,811 (+2.7%)	6,694 → 7,156 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$46,621 → $54,615 (+17.1%)	$86,940 → $124,719 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $223,600 (+59.3%)	$303,600 → $428,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,026 (+27.3%)	$1,345 → $1,498 (+11.4%)

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

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)

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	75.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
No high school diploma	12.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
Drove alone	72.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	13.6%
Other means	8.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
1-unit, detached	35.8%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	32.6%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hill	Wescosville
Poverty rate	16.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1945	1984