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Pennsylvania · Census place 51656

Mount Joy borough, PA

Quick answer

Mount Joy borough has 8,310 residents, ranking #130 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $84,514, the median home is worth $241,300 and median gross rent runs $1,070 a month.

Population
8,310Mount Joy borough residents
Median household income
$84,514Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$241,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,070Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
38.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
61.5%Owner-occupied households

What the numbers mean in Mount Joy borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mount Joy borough median would spend about 15.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.7% of residents and 61.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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