Jennerstown vs Meyersdale

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

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

Meyersdale has the higher population (2,058 vs 1,153 in Jennerstown). Meyersdale has the higher median household income ($64,545 vs $61,410 in Jennerstown). Jennerstown has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $101,300 in Meyersdale).

Population, income & housing

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
Population	1,153	2,058
Median age	43.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,410	$64,545
Median home value	$192,400	$101,300
Median gross rent	$872	$713
Housing units	371	1,090
Homeownership rate	84.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
Population	769 → 1,153 (+49.9%)	2,043 → 2,058 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $61,410 (+20.7%)	$39,696 → $64,545 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $192,400 (+32.8%)	$83,300 → $101,300 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $872 (-0.5%)	$528 → $713 (+35.0%)

Jennerstown

Population

7691,153

Median household income

$50,893$61,410

Median home value

$144,900$192,400

Median gross rent

$876$872

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)

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
Under 5	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.3%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	26.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	17.4%	16.5%
75 and over	8.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	55.4%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
Drove alone	93.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
1-unit, detached	88.7%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Jennerstown	Meyersdale
Poverty rate	9.2%	11.6%
Average household size	3.38	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1966	1938