Jacobus vs Pennville

A side-by-side comparison of Jacobus and Pennville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacobus has the higher population (2,208 vs 2,102 in Pennville). Jacobus has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $72,842 in Pennville). Jacobus has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $199,400 in Pennville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacobus	Pennville
Population	2,208	2,102
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,500	$72,842
Median home value	$260,300	$199,400
Median gross rent	$1,643	$1,732
Housing units	732	841
Homeownership rate	77.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacobus	Pennville
Population	1,789 → 2,208 (+23.4%)	2,028 → 2,102 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$81,650 → $107,500 (+31.7%)	$63,155 → $72,842 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $260,300 (+35.0%)	$158,500 → $199,400 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,643 (+66.8%)	$1,017 → $1,732 (+70.3%)

Jacobus

Population

1,7892,208

Median household income

$81,650$107,500

Median home value

$192,800$260,300

Median gross rent

$985$1,643

Pennville

Population

2,0282,102

Median household income

$63,155$72,842

Median home value

$158,500$199,400

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacobus	Pennville
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	17.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	5.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.0%
75 and over	4.9%	24.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacobus	Pennville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacobus	Pennville
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacobus	Pennville
Drove alone	80.9%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacobus	Pennville
1-unit, detached	89.9%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	39.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacobus	Pennville
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.1%
Average household size	3.04	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1971	1983