Lenape Heights vs Rural Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Lenape Heights and Rural Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Lenape Heights and Rural Valley are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lenape Heights has the higher population (1,225 vs 929 in Rural Valley). Lenape Heights has the higher median household income ($74,700 vs $70,625 in Rural Valley). Lenape Heights has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $135,000 in Rural Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
Population	1,225	929
Median age	50.2 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,700	$70,625
Median home value	$165,400	$135,000
Median gross rent	$947	$1,046
Housing units	666	417
Homeownership rate	85.6%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
Population	1,107 → 1,225 (+10.7%)	923 → 929 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$53,286 → $74,700 (+40.2%)	$51,042 → $70,625 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$114,000 → $165,400 (+45.1%)	$96,600 → $135,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $947 (+13.7%)	$670 → $1,046 (+56.1%)

Lenape Heights

Population

1,1071,225

Median household income

$53,286$74,700

Median home value

$114,000$165,400

Median gross rent

$833$947

Rural Valley

Population

923929

Median household income

$51,042$70,625

Median home value

$96,600$135,000

Median gross rent

$670$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
Under 5	1.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	8.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	32.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	25.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.9%
75 and over	10.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
Drove alone	73.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
1-unit, detached	80.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Lenape Heights	Rural Valley
Poverty rate	0.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.00	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1955	1959