Coal Center vs West Middletown

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Center and West Middletown: population, income, housing, and more.

Coal Center and West Middletown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coal Center has the higher population (155 vs 64 in West Middletown). West Middletown has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $39,050 in Coal Center). West Middletown has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $76,500 in Coal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Center	West Middletown
Population	155	64
Median age	32.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,050	$74,375
Median home value	$76,500	$108,800
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	109	53
Homeownership rate	32.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Center	West Middletown
Population	134 → 155 (+15.7%)	94 → 64 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $39,050 (-9.4%)	$58,750 → $74,375 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $76,500 (+10.4%)	$131,300 → $108,800 (-17.1%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)	—

Coal Center

Population

134155

Median household income

$43,125$39,050

Median home value

$69,300$76,500

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

West Middletown

Population

9464

Median household income

$58,750$74,375

Median home value

$131,300$108,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Center	West Middletown
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	29.7%
18 to 24	19.4%	1.6%
25 to 34	26.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	3.9%	3.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.9%
75 and over	1.3%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Center	West Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	21.3%	1.6%
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	17.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Center	West Middletown
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	50.5%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Center	West Middletown
Drove alone	62.7%	92.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Center	West Middletown
1-unit, detached	66.1%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Coal Center	West Middletown
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1938	1938