Juniata County vs Wyoming County

A side-by-side comparison of Juniata County and Wyoming County: population, income, housing, and more.

Juniata County and Wyoming County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wyoming County has the higher population (26,075 vs 23,419 in Juniata County). Wyoming County has the higher median household income ($70,268 vs $63,923 in Juniata County). Juniata County has the higher median home value ($206,300 vs $205,600 in Wyoming County).

Population, income & housing

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
Population	23,419	26,075
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,923	$70,268
Median home value	$206,300	$205,600
Median gross rent	$730	$897
Housing units	10,502	12,858
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
Population	24,624 → 23,419 (-4.9%)	27,327 → 26,075 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$53,879 → $63,923 (+18.6%)	$59,415 → $70,268 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $206,300 (+38.5%)	$167,900 → $205,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $730 (+8.5%)	$799 → $897 (+12.3%)

Juniata County

Population

24,62423,419

Median household income

$53,879$63,923

Median home value

$148,900$206,300

Median gross rent

$673$730

Wyoming County

Population

27,32726,075

Median household income

$59,415$70,268

Median home value

$167,900$205,600

Median gross rent

$799$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.4%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
No high school diploma	16.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	49.0%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
Drove alone	76.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
1-unit, detached	76.3%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Juniata County	Wyoming County
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1974	1973