Meyersdale vs Windber

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

Meyersdale 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 2,058 in Meyersdale). Meyersdale has the higher median household income ($64,545 vs $52,560 in Windber). Meyersdale has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $99,000 in Windber).

Population, income & housing

	Meyersdale	Windber
Population	2,058	3,901
Median age	48.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,545	$52,560
Median home value	$101,300	$99,000
Median gross rent	$713	$753
Housing units	1,090	2,188
Homeownership rate	74.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meyersdale	Windber
Population	2,043 → 2,058 (+0.7%)	3,891 → 3,901 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$39,696 → $64,545 (+62.6%)	$35,192 → $52,560 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $101,300 (+21.6%)	$79,500 → $99,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $713 (+35.0%)	$585 → $753 (+28.7%)

Meyersdale

Population

2,0432,058

Median household income

$39,696$64,545

Median home value

$83,300$101,300

Median gross rent

$528$713

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)

	Meyersdale	Windber
Under 5	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	8.2%
75 and over	10.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meyersdale	Windber
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	3.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meyersdale	Windber
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meyersdale	Windber
Drove alone	81.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meyersdale	Windber
1-unit, detached	75.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Meyersdale	Windber
Poverty rate	11.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1949