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
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Lock Haven city 8,386
- Parkville CDP 8,354
- Doylestown borough 8,322
- Folsom CDP 8,298
- Brookhaven borough 8,288
- Castle Shannon borough 8,237
- Hatboro borough 8,219
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