Pennsburg vs Stowe

A side-by-side comparison of Pennsburg and Stowe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pennsburg has the higher population (3,958 vs 3,645 in Stowe). Pennsburg has the higher median household income ($103,698 vs $79,875 in Stowe). Pennsburg has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $198,300 in Stowe).

Population, income & housing

	Pennsburg	Stowe
Population	3,958	3,645
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,698	$79,875
Median home value	$266,600	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,264
Housing units	1,447	1,572
Homeownership rate	77.6%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennsburg	Stowe
Population	3,869 → 3,958 (+2.3%)	3,662 → 3,645 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$74,688 → $103,698 (+38.8%)	$62,705 → $79,875 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$205,600 → $266,600 (+29.7%)	$145,800 → $198,300 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,360 (+26.7%)	$1,039 → $1,264 (+21.7%)

Pennsburg

Population

3,8693,958

Median household income

$74,688$103,698

Median home value

$205,600$266,600

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,360

Stowe

Population

3,6623,645

Median household income

$62,705$79,875

Median home value

$145,800$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennsburg	Stowe
Under 5	6.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.6%
75 and over	4.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennsburg	Stowe
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	81.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennsburg	Stowe
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennsburg	Stowe
Drove alone	77.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennsburg	Stowe
1-unit, detached	34.9%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	46.2%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pennsburg	Stowe
Poverty rate	8.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1971	1955