Laureldale vs Lorane

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

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

Lorane has the higher population (4,633 vs 4,259 in Laureldale). Lorane has the higher median household income ($86,064 vs $64,792 in Laureldale). Lorane has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $169,100 in Laureldale).

Population, income & housing

	Laureldale	Lorane
Population	4,259	4,633
Median age	34.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,792	$86,064
Median home value	$169,100	$236,100
Median gross rent	$1,249	$1,776
Housing units	1,595	1,874
Homeownership rate	81.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laureldale	Lorane
Population	3,900 → 4,259 (+9.2%)	4,085 → 4,633 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$54,483 → $64,792 (+18.9%)	$68,856 → $86,064 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $169,100 (+37.7%)	$178,300 → $236,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,249 (+36.8%)	$1,504 → $1,776 (+18.1%)

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

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)

	Laureldale	Lorane
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.0%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laureldale	Lorane
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	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	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laureldale	Lorane
No high school diploma	8.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laureldale	Lorane
Drove alone	78.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	17.8%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laureldale	Lorane
1-unit, detached	57.8%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Laureldale	Lorane
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1954	1988