Amity Gardens vs Laureldale

A side-by-side comparison of Amity Gardens and Laureldale: population, income, housing, and more.

Amity Gardens and Laureldale are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laureldale has the higher population (4,259 vs 4,158 in Amity Gardens). Amity Gardens has the higher median household income ($91,548 vs $64,792 in Laureldale). Amity Gardens has the higher median home value ($306,500 vs $169,100 in Laureldale).

Population, income & housing

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
Population	4,158	4,259
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,548	$64,792
Median home value	$306,500	$169,100
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,249
Housing units	1,458	1,595
Homeownership rate	74.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
Population	3,503 → 4,158 (+18.7%)	3,900 → 4,259 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$98,920 → $91,548 (-7.5%)	$54,483 → $64,792 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $306,500 (+41.6%)	$122,800 → $169,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,453 (+53.4%)	$913 → $1,249 (+36.8%)

Amity Gardens

Population

3,5034,158

Median household income

$98,920$91,548

Median home value

$216,400$306,500

Median gross rent

$947$1,453

Laureldale

Population

3,9004,259

Median household income

$54,483$64,792

Median home value

$122,800$169,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,249

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	19.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.3%
75 and over	5.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	51.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	6.6%
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	9.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	41.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
No high school diploma	3.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	39.0%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
Drove alone	70.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	17.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
1-unit, detached	71.9%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	32.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Amity Gardens	Laureldale
Poverty rate	20.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1977	1954