Mountain Top vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain Top and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Top has the higher population (11,856 vs 5,761 in Plymouth). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
Population	11,856	5,761
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,286	$42,348
Median home value	$274,600	$85,400
Median gross rent	$843	$923
Housing units	4,577	2,971
Homeownership rate	89.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
Population	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)

Mountain Top

Population

11,48911,856

Median household income

$85,560$105,286

Median home value

$211,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$714$843

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
Under 5	3.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.8%
75 and over	5.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
No high school diploma	3.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
Drove alone	74.9%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.4%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	84.7%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	28.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Top	Plymouth
Poverty rate	8.2%	21.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1985	1941