Pennsburg vs Trappe

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

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

Trappe has the higher population (3,995 vs 3,958 in Pennsburg). Trappe has the higher median household income ($123,355 vs $103,698 in Pennsburg). Trappe has the higher median home value ($383,900 vs $266,600 in Pennsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Pennsburg	Trappe
Population	3,958	3,995
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,698	$123,355
Median home value	$266,600	$383,900
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,789
Housing units	1,447	1,666
Homeownership rate	77.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennsburg	Trappe
Population	3,869 → 3,958 (+2.3%)	3,610 → 3,995 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$74,688 → $103,698 (+38.8%)	$91,667 → $123,355 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$205,600 → $266,600 (+29.7%)	$258,500 → $383,900 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,360 (+26.7%)	$1,213 → $1,789 (+47.5%)

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

Trappe

Population

3,6103,995

Median household income

$91,667$123,355

Median home value

$258,500$383,900

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennsburg	Trappe
Under 5	6.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.2%
75 and over	4.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennsburg	Trappe
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennsburg	Trappe
No high school diploma	8.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennsburg	Trappe
Drove alone	77.2%	66.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	22.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennsburg	Trappe
1-unit, detached	34.9%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	46.2%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Pennsburg	Trappe
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1971	1981