Cairnbrook vs Stoystown

A side-by-side comparison of Cairnbrook and Stoystown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cairnbrook has the higher population (469 vs 365 in Stoystown). Stoystown has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $55,938 in Cairnbrook). Stoystown has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $83,300 in Cairnbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
Population	469	365
Median age	36.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$58,750
Median home value	$83,300	$101,000
Median gross rent	$772	$718
Housing units	211	174
Homeownership rate	81.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
Population	559 → 469 (-16.1%)	393 → 365 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $55,938 (+16.2%)	$38,929 → $58,750 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $83,300 (+12.0%)	$86,900 → $101,000 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $772 (+13.2%)	$509 → $718 (+41.1%)

Cairnbrook

Population

559469

Median household income

$48,125$55,938

Median home value

$74,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$682$772

Stoystown

Population

393365

Median household income

$38,929$58,750

Median home value

$86,900$101,000

Median gross rent

$509$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
Under 5	1.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	30.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	19.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	21.9%
75 and over	6.8%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	11.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	66.6%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
Drove alone	95.7%	72.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	22.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Cairnbrook	Stoystown
Poverty rate	16.8%	8.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1938	1940