Railroad vs Winterstown

A side-by-side comparison of Railroad and Winterstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winterstown has the higher population (426 vs 286 in Railroad). Winterstown has the higher median home value ($264,800 vs $211,400 in Railroad). Since 2019, Railroad's population has grown faster (+10.4% vs -22.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Railroad	Winterstown
Population	286	426
Median age	32.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,429
Median home value	$211,400	$264,800
Median gross rent	$1,026	$1,211
Housing units	141	199
Homeownership rate	39.2%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Railroad	Winterstown
Population	259 → 286 (+10.4%)	551 → 426 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $41,458 (-38.3%)	$61,250 → $61,429 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$172,300 → $211,400 (+22.7%)	$176,300 → $264,800 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,026 (+9.4%)	$1,125 → $1,211 (+7.6%)

Railroad

Population

259286

Median household income

$67,188$41,458

Median home value

$172,300$211,400

Median gross rent

$938$1,026

Winterstown

Population

551426

Median household income

$61,250$61,429

Median home value

$176,300$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Railroad	Winterstown
Under 5	7.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	19.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	21.6%
65 to 74	7.0%	15.5%
75 and over	3.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Railroad	Winterstown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Railroad	Winterstown
No high school diploma	4.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	52.4%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Railroad	Winterstown
Drove alone	84.3%	89.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Railroad	Winterstown
1-unit, detached	36.2%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	29.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Railroad	Winterstown
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1938	1983