Kistler vs Newton Hamilton

A side-by-side comparison of Kistler and Newton Hamilton: population, income, housing, and more.

Kistler and Newton Hamilton are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kistler has the higher population (256 vs 248 in Newton Hamilton). Newton Hamilton has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $53,750 in Kistler). Kistler has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $67,000 in Newton Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
Population	256	248
Median age	46.0 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$69,583
Median home value	$90,600	$67,000
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,100
Housing units	141	98
Homeownership rate	71.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
Population	345 → 256 (-25.8%)	143 → 248 (+73.4%)
Median household income	$48,000 → $53,750 (+12.0%)	$55,000 → $69,583 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $90,600 (+13.3%)	$68,800 → $67,000 (-2.6%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,000 (+30.9%)	$817 → $1,100 (+34.6%)

Kistler

Population

345256

Median household income

$48,000$53,750

Median home value

$80,000$90,600

Median gross rent

$764$1,000

Newton Hamilton

Population

143248

Median household income

$55,000$69,583

Median home value

$68,800$67,000

Median gross rent

$817$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
Under 5	3.1%	16.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	5.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	22.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	21.8%
35 to 44	18.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	24.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	16.4%	5.2%
75 and over	5.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
No high school diploma	8.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	52.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
Drove alone	82.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	15.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
1-unit, detached	79.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Kistler	Newton Hamilton
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	65
Median year structure built	1938	1947