Pennville vs Wrightsville

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

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

Wrightsville has the higher population (2,188 vs 2,102 in Pennville). Pennville has the higher median household income ($72,842 vs $72,727 in Wrightsville). Pennville has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $164,800 in Wrightsville).

Population, income & housing

	Pennville	Wrightsville
Population	2,102	2,188
Median age	42.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,842	$72,727
Median home value	$199,400	$164,800
Median gross rent	$1,732	$1,029
Housing units	841	864
Homeownership rate	72.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennville	Wrightsville
Population	2,028 → 2,102 (+3.6%)	2,419 → 2,188 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$63,155 → $72,842 (+15.3%)	$54,205 → $72,727 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$158,500 → $199,400 (+25.8%)	$120,400 → $164,800 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,732 (+70.3%)	$842 → $1,029 (+22.2%)

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

Wrightsville

Population

2,4192,188

Median household income

$54,205$72,727

Median home value

$120,400$164,800

Median gross rent

$842$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennville	Wrightsville
Under 5	5.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	5.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.3%
75 and over	24.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennville	Wrightsville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennville	Wrightsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennville	Wrightsville
Drove alone	86.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennville	Wrightsville
1-unit, detached	47.8%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	39.2%	30.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Pennville	Wrightsville
Poverty rate	3.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1983	1940