Gastonville vs Muse

A side-by-side comparison of Gastonville and Muse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gastonville has the higher population (2,703 vs 2,687 in Muse). Muse has the higher median household income ($108,542 vs $78,438 in Gastonville). Muse has the higher median home value ($357,600 vs $173,000 in Gastonville).

Population, income & housing

	Gastonville	Muse
Population	2,703	2,687
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,438	$108,542
Median home value	$173,000	$357,600
Median gross rent	$995	$655
Housing units	1,300	907
Homeownership rate	88.6%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gastonville	Muse
Population	2,459 → 2,703 (+9.9%)	2,678 → 2,687 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$53,191 → $78,438 (+47.5%)	$94,375 → $108,542 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $173,000 (+23.1%)	$301,900 → $357,600 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $995 (+85.6%)	$952 → $655 (-31.2%)

Gastonville

Population

2,4592,703

Median household income

$53,191$78,438

Median home value

$140,500$173,000

Median gross rent

$536$995

Muse

Population

2,6782,687

Median household income

$94,375$108,542

Median home value

$301,900$357,600

Median gross rent

$952$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gastonville	Muse
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	18.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	15.8%	6.4%
75 and over	9.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gastonville	Muse
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gastonville	Muse
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gastonville	Muse
Drove alone	89.6%	60.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	15.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gastonville	Muse
1-unit, detached	68.4%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	30.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Gastonville	Muse
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1971	1996