Lorane vs Whitfield

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

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

Whitfield has the higher population (5,346 vs 4,633 in Lorane). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($123,358 vs $86,064 in Lorane). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($291,500 vs $236,100 in Lorane).

Population, income & housing

	Lorane	Whitfield
Population	4,633	5,346
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,064	$123,358
Median home value	$236,100	$291,500
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,380
Housing units	1,874	2,054
Homeownership rate	79.9%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorane	Whitfield
Population	4,085 → 4,633 (+13.4%)	4,560 → 5,346 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$68,856 → $86,064 (+25.0%)	$79,896 → $123,358 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $236,100 (+32.4%)	$213,400 → $291,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,504 → $1,776 (+18.1%)	$1,180 → $1,380 (+16.9%)

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

Whitfield

Population

4,5605,346

Median household income

$79,896$123,358

Median home value

$213,400$291,500

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorane	Whitfield
Under 5	7.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	20.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.9%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorane	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorane	Whitfield
No high school diploma	8.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	41.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorane	Whitfield
Drove alone	74.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	15.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorane	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	65.6%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lorane	Whitfield
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1988	1972