New Freedom vs West York

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

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

West York has the higher population (5,081 vs 5,003 in New Freedom). New Freedom has the higher median household income ($109,894 vs $67,938 in West York). New Freedom has the higher median home value ($344,100 vs $113,400 in West York).

Population, income & housing

	New Freedom	West York
Population	5,003	5,081
Median age	47.1 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,894	$67,938
Median home value	$344,100	$113,400
Median gross rent	$1,519	$962
Housing units	1,792	1,959
Homeownership rate	90.5%	49.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Freedom	West York
Population	4,637 → 5,003 (+7.9%)	4,563 → 5,081 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$91,300 → $109,894 (+20.4%)	$40,870 → $67,938 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$275,700 → $344,100 (+24.8%)	$103,300 → $113,400 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,123 → $1,519 (+35.3%)	$924 → $962 (+4.1%)

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

West York

Population

4,5635,081

Median household income

$40,870$67,938

Median home value

$103,300$113,400

Median gross rent

$924$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Freedom	West York
Under 5	3.7%	14.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	16.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	5.8%
75 and over	9.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Freedom	West York
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Freedom	West York
No high school diploma	6.4%	22.1%
High school graduate	23.3%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Freedom	West York
Drove alone	73.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	11.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Freedom	West York
1-unit, detached	88.2%	22.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	39.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	New Freedom	West York
Poverty rate	2.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1988	1938