Blandon vs Lorane

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

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

Blandon has the higher population (7,546 vs 4,633 in Lorane). Blandon has the higher median household income ($109,775 vs $86,064 in Lorane). Blandon has the higher median home value ($269,700 vs $236,100 in Lorane).

Population, income & housing

	Blandon	Lorane
Population	7,546	4,633
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,775	$86,064
Median home value	$269,700	$236,100
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,776
Housing units	2,823	1,874
Homeownership rate	90.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandon	Lorane
Population	8,111 → 7,546 (-7.0%)	4,085 → 4,633 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$92,750 → $109,775 (+18.4%)	$68,856 → $86,064 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $269,700 (+39.0%)	$178,300 → $236,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,178 (-3.0%)	$1,504 → $1,776 (+18.1%)

Blandon

Population

8,1117,546

Median household income

$92,750$109,775

Median home value

$194,000$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,178

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)

	Blandon	Lorane
Under 5	5.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	19.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.0%
75 and over	4.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandon	Lorane
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandon	Lorane
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandon	Lorane
Drove alone	73.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	22.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandon	Lorane
1-unit, detached	72.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Blandon	Lorane
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1996	1988