Berlin vs Meyersdale

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Meyersdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berlin has the higher population (2,407 vs 2,058 in Meyersdale). Meyersdale has the higher median household income ($64,545 vs $53,973 in Berlin). Berlin has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $101,300 in Meyersdale).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Meyersdale
Population	2,407	2,058
Median age	51.3 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,973	$64,545
Median home value	$122,800	$101,300
Median gross rent	$760	$713
Housing units	1,030	1,090
Homeownership rate	68.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Meyersdale
Population	2,004 → 2,407 (+20.1%)	2,043 → 2,058 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$46,818 → $53,973 (+15.3%)	$39,696 → $64,545 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $122,800 (+13.1%)	$83,300 → $101,300 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $760 (+47.0%)	$528 → $713 (+35.0%)

Berlin

Population

2,0042,407

Median household income

$46,818$53,973

Median home value

$108,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$517$760

Meyersdale

Population

2,0432,058

Median household income

$39,696$64,545

Median home value

$83,300$101,300

Median gross rent

$528$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Meyersdale
Under 5	5.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.5%
75 and over	23.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Meyersdale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
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	5.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Meyersdale
No high school diploma	13.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	52.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Meyersdale
Drove alone	89.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Meyersdale
1-unit, detached	63.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Meyersdale
Poverty rate	11.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1957	1938