Freemansburg vs Pen Argyl

A side-by-side comparison of Freemansburg and Pen Argyl: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pen Argyl has the higher population (3,489 vs 2,871 in Freemansburg). Freemansburg has the higher median household income ($96,696 vs $79,948 in Pen Argyl). Freemansburg has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $172,100 in Pen Argyl).

Population, income & housing

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
Population	2,871	3,489
Median age	40.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,696	$79,948
Median home value	$205,200	$172,100
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,165
Housing units	1,307	1,430
Homeownership rate	53.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
Population	2,622 → 2,871 (+9.5%)	3,543 → 3,489 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $96,696 (+69.8%)	$61,250 → $79,948 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $205,200 (+27.3%)	$155,600 → $172,100 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $2,071 (+55.4%)	$984 → $1,165 (+18.4%)

Freemansburg

Population

2,6222,871

Median household income

$56,944$96,696

Median home value

$161,200$205,200

Median gross rent

$1,333$2,071

Pen Argyl

Population

3,5433,489

Median household income

$61,250$79,948

Median home value

$155,600$172,100

Median gross rent

$984$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
Under 5	2.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	24.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.9%
75 and over	3.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	87.0%
Black or African American	7.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
No high school diploma	11.9%	13.4%
High school graduate	40.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
Drove alone	76.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	2.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
1-unit, detached	42.5%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	42.9%	40.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freemansburg	Pen Argyl
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1974	1938