Jennerstown vs Windber

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

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

Windber has the higher population (3,901 vs 1,153 in Jennerstown). Jennerstown has the higher median household income ($61,410 vs $52,560 in Windber). Jennerstown has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $99,000 in Windber).

Population, income & housing

	Jennerstown	Windber
Population	1,153	3,901
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,410	$52,560
Median home value	$192,400	$99,000
Median gross rent	$872	$753
Housing units	371	2,188
Homeownership rate	84.1%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennerstown	Windber
Population	769 → 1,153 (+49.9%)	3,891 → 3,901 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $61,410 (+20.7%)	$35,192 → $52,560 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $192,400 (+32.8%)	$79,500 → $99,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $872 (-0.5%)	$585 → $753 (+28.7%)

Jennerstown

Population

7691,153

Median household income

$50,893$61,410

Median home value

$144,900$192,400

Median gross rent

$876$872

Windber

Population

3,8913,901

Median household income

$35,192$52,560

Median home value

$79,500$99,000

Median gross rent

$585$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jennerstown	Windber
Under 5	2.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	26.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	17.4%	8.2%
75 and over	8.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennerstown	Windber
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennerstown	Windber
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	55.4%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennerstown	Windber
Drove alone	93.6%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennerstown	Windber
1-unit, detached	88.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Jennerstown	Windber
Poverty rate	9.2%	12.4%
Average household size	3.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1966	1949