Mount Wolf vs Yorklyn

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

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

Yorklyn has the higher population (1,402 vs 1,021 in Mount Wolf). Mount Wolf has the higher median household income ($83,214 vs $75,746 in Yorklyn). Yorklyn has the higher median home value ($194,200 vs $192,600 in Mount Wolf).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
Population	1,021	1,402
Median age	45.6 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$75,746
Median home value	$192,600	$194,200
Median gross rent	$1,536	$1,138
Housing units	482	587
Homeownership rate	70.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
Population	1,626 → 1,021 (-37.2%)	1,977 → 1,402 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $83,214 (+29.3%)	$54,048 → $75,746 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$132,900 → $192,600 (+44.9%)	$158,000 → $194,200 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,536 (+54.4%)	$833 → $1,138 (+36.6%)

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

Yorklyn

Population

1,9771,402

Median household income

$54,048$75,746

Median home value

$158,000$194,200

Median gross rent

$833$1,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
Under 5	2.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	5.0%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	16.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	17.7%	21.8%
75 and over	7.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	65.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	31.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
No high school diploma	8.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	47.3%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
Drove alone	75.5%	65.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	12.0%
Other means	1.8%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
1-unit, detached	63.5%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	24.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	20.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Wolf	Yorklyn
Poverty rate	6.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1947	1979