Pen Argyl vs Wind Gap

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

Pen Argyl and Wind Gap 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 3,202 in Wind Gap). Pen Argyl has the higher median household income ($79,948 vs $74,803 in Wind Gap). Wind Gap has the higher median home value ($201,800 vs $172,100 in Pen Argyl).

Population, income & housing

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
Population	3,489	3,202
Median age	37.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,948	$74,803
Median home value	$172,100	$201,800
Median gross rent	$1,165	$1,205
Housing units	1,430	1,428
Homeownership rate	74.2%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
Population	3,543 → 3,489 (-1.5%)	2,720 → 3,202 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $79,948 (+30.5%)	$51,250 → $74,803 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $172,100 (+10.6%)	$186,100 → $201,800 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,165 (+18.4%)	$829 → $1,205 (+45.4%)

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

Wind Gap

Population

2,7203,202

Median household income

$51,250$74,803

Median home value

$186,100$201,800

Median gross rent

$829$1,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
Under 5	6.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.6%
75 and over	4.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	90.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
No high school diploma	13.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
Drove alone	86.3%	71.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	21.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
1-unit, detached	42.9%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	40.3%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Pen Argyl	Wind Gap
Poverty rate	15.5%	4.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1938	1962