Hostetter vs New Alexandria

A side-by-side comparison of Hostetter and New Alexandria: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hostetter has the higher population (476 vs 445 in New Alexandria). New Alexandria has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $63,750 in Hostetter). Hostetter has the higher median home value ($229,500 vs $184,500 in New Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
Population	476	445
Median age	59.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$72,083
Median home value	$229,500	$184,500
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	393	253
Homeownership rate	70.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
Population	560 → 476 (-15.0%)	554 → 445 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $63,750 (+13.3%)	$54,643 → $72,083 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$235,000 → $229,500 (-2.3%)	$157,800 → $184,500 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$492 → $525 (+6.7%)

Hostetter

Population

560476

Median household income

$56,250$63,750

Median home value

$235,000$229,500

New Alexandria

Population

554445

Median household income

$54,643$72,083

Median home value

$157,800$184,500

Median gross rent

$492$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	31.3%	4.0%
35 to 44	4.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	23.9%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	22.5%
75 and over	16.4%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
Drove alone	86.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Hostetter	New Alexandria
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.2%
Average household size	1.36	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1945	1953