Dallastown vs New Freedom

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

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

New Freedom has the higher population (5,003 vs 4,171 in Dallastown). New Freedom has the higher median household income ($109,894 vs $59,423 in Dallastown). New Freedom has the higher median home value ($344,100 vs $171,600 in Dallastown).

Population, income & housing

	Dallastown	New Freedom
Population	4,171	5,003
Median age	38.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$109,894
Median home value	$171,600	$344,100
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,519
Housing units	1,778	1,792
Homeownership rate	43.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallastown	New Freedom
Population	3,852 → 4,171 (+8.3%)	4,637 → 5,003 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$53,065 → $59,423 (+12.0%)	$91,300 → $109,894 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $171,600 (+45.7%)	$275,700 → $344,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,130 (+27.3%)	$1,123 → $1,519 (+35.3%)

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

New Freedom

Population

4,6375,003

Median household income

$91,300$109,894

Median home value

$275,700$344,100

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallastown	New Freedom
Under 5	11.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.5%
75 and over	4.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallastown	New Freedom
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallastown	New Freedom
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	37.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallastown	New Freedom
Drove alone	77.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallastown	New Freedom
1-unit, detached	44.8%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dallastown	New Freedom
Poverty rate	9.2%	2.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1959	1988