Mount Wolf vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Wolf and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Wolf has the higher population (1,021 vs 826 in New Market). Mount Wolf has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $41,364 in New Market). Mount Wolf has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $160,200 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Wolf	New Market
Population	1,021	826
Median age	45.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$41,364
Median home value	$192,600	$160,200
Median gross rent	$1,536	$742
Housing units	482	406
Homeownership rate	70.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Wolf	New Market
Population	1,626 → 1,021 (-37.2%)	732 → 826 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $83,214 (+29.3%)	$38,750 → $41,364 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$132,900 → $192,600 (+44.9%)	$129,300 → $160,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,536 (+54.4%)	$683 → $742 (+8.6%)

Mount Wolf

Population

1,6261,021

Median household income

$64,375$83,214

Median home value

$132,900$192,600

Median gross rent

$995$1,536

New Market

Population

732826

Median household income

$38,750$41,364

Median home value

$129,300$160,200

Median gross rent

$683$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Market
Under 5	2.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	2.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	24.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	17.7%	5.2%
75 and over	7.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	64.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Wolf	New Market
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	47.3%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Market
Drove alone	75.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Wolf	New Market
1-unit, detached	63.5%	25.6%
1-unit, attached	24.3%	24.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Wolf	New Market
Poverty rate	6.8%	23.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1947	1975