Dallastown vs Emigsville

A side-by-side comparison of Dallastown and Emigsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dallastown has the higher population (4,171 vs 3,942 in Emigsville). Emigsville has the higher median household income ($68,299 vs $59,423 in Dallastown). Emigsville has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $171,600 in Dallastown).

Population, income & housing

	Dallastown	Emigsville
Population	4,171	3,942
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$68,299
Median home value	$171,600	$196,600
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,372
Housing units	1,778	1,505
Homeownership rate	43.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallastown	Emigsville
Population	3,852 → 4,171 (+8.3%)	3,032 → 3,942 (+30.0%)
Median household income	$53,065 → $59,423 (+12.0%)	$49,000 → $68,299 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $171,600 (+45.7%)	$143,900 → $196,600 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,130 (+27.3%)	$1,192 → $1,372 (+15.1%)

Dallastown

Population

3,8524,171

Median household income

$53,065$59,423

Median home value

$117,800$171,600

Median gross rent

$888$1,130

Emigsville

Population

3,0323,942

Median household income

$49,000$68,299

Median home value

$143,900$196,600

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,372

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallastown	Emigsville
Under 5	11.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.1%
75 and over	4.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallastown	Emigsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallastown	Emigsville
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallastown	Emigsville
Drove alone	77.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallastown	Emigsville
1-unit, detached	44.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dallastown	Emigsville
Poverty rate	9.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1959	1958