East York vs New Freedom

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

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

East York has the higher population (8,868 vs 5,003 in New Freedom). New Freedom has the higher median household income ($109,894 vs $83,030 in East York). New Freedom has the higher median home value ($344,100 vs $221,800 in East York).

Population, income & housing

	East York	New Freedom
Population	8,868	5,003
Median age	40.6 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,030	$109,894
Median home value	$221,800	$344,100
Median gross rent	$1,323	$1,519
Housing units	3,872	1,792
Homeownership rate	71.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East York	New Freedom
Population	8,495 → 8,868 (+4.4%)	4,637 → 5,003 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$63,343 → $83,030 (+31.1%)	$91,300 → $109,894 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $221,800 (+35.1%)	$275,700 → $344,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,323 (+23.2%)	$1,123 → $1,519 (+35.3%)

East York

Population

8,4958,868

Median household income

$63,343$83,030

Median home value

$164,200$221,800

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,323

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)

	East York	New Freedom
Under 5	5.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.5%
75 and over	10.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East York	New Freedom
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East York	New Freedom
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East York	New Freedom
Drove alone	79.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East York	New Freedom
1-unit, detached	64.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East York	New Freedom
Poverty rate	8.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1962	1988