Lake Meade vs Littlestown

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Meade and Littlestown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Littlestown has the higher population (4,810 vs 2,398 in Lake Meade). Lake Meade has the higher median household income ($110,833 vs $68,415 in Littlestown). Lake Meade has the higher median home value ($291,900 vs $240,000 in Littlestown).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
Population	2,398	4,810
Median age	51.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,833	$68,415
Median home value	$291,900	$240,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,020
Housing units	1,121	1,974
Homeownership rate	98.2%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
Population	2,569 → 2,398 (-6.7%)	4,495 → 4,810 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$111,000 → $110,833 (-0.2%)	$63,505 → $68,415 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$230,100 → $291,900 (+26.9%)	$183,100 → $240,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$930 → $1,020 (+9.7%)

Lake Meade

Population

2,5692,398

Median household income

$111,000$110,833

Median home value

$230,100$291,900

Littlestown

Population

4,4954,810

Median household income

$63,505$68,415

Median home value

$183,100$240,000

Median gross rent

$930$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
Under 5	3.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	21.4%	20.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.4%
75 and over	8.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	31.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
Drove alone	89.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.8%	15.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
1-unit, detached	98.8%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Meade	Littlestown
Poverty rate	3.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1987	1958