Birdsboro vs Lorane

A side-by-side comparison of Birdsboro and Lorane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Birdsboro has the higher population (5,090 vs 4,633 in Lorane). Lorane has the higher median household income ($86,064 vs $74,698 in Birdsboro). Lorane has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $216,400 in Birdsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Birdsboro	Lorane
Population	5,090	4,633
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,698	$86,064
Median home value	$216,400	$236,100
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,776
Housing units	2,273	1,874
Homeownership rate	69.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birdsboro	Lorane
Population	5,131 → 5,090 (-0.8%)	4,085 → 4,633 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$64,722 → $74,698 (+15.4%)	$68,856 → $86,064 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $216,400 (+32.4%)	$178,300 → $236,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,111 (+23.4%)	$1,504 → $1,776 (+18.1%)

Birdsboro

Population

5,1315,090

Median household income

$64,722$74,698

Median home value

$163,400$216,400

Median gross rent

$900$1,111

Lorane

Population

4,0854,633

Median household income

$68,856$86,064

Median home value

$178,300$236,100

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birdsboro	Lorane
Under 5	5.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.0%
75 and over	6.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birdsboro	Lorane
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	90.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birdsboro	Lorane
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birdsboro	Lorane
Drove alone	77.2%	74.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birdsboro	Lorane
1-unit, detached	45.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	34.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Birdsboro	Lorane
Poverty rate	18.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1962	1988