Claysburg vs Lakemont

A side-by-side comparison of Claysburg and Lakemont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakemont has the higher population (1,504 vs 1,120 in Claysburg). Claysburg has the higher median household income ($54,453 vs $49,036 in Lakemont). Lakemont has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $146,300 in Claysburg).

Population, income & housing

	Claysburg	Lakemont
Population	1,120	1,504
Median age	44.4 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,453	$49,036
Median home value	$146,300	$147,300
Median gross rent	$835	$1,103
Housing units	455	817
Homeownership rate	62.2%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claysburg	Lakemont
Population	1,337 → 1,120 (-16.2%)	1,860 → 1,504 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$37,625 → $54,453 (+44.7%)	$52,471 → $49,036 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $146,300 (+33.9%)	$124,400 → $147,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $835 (+13.0%)	$808 → $1,103 (+36.5%)

Claysburg

Population

1,3371,120

Median household income

$37,625$54,453

Median home value

$109,300$146,300

Median gross rent

$739$835

Lakemont

Population

1,8601,504

Median household income

$52,471$49,036

Median home value

$124,400$147,300

Median gross rent

$808$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claysburg	Lakemont
Under 5	1.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	12.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	1.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	23.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	16.7%
75 and over	7.4%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claysburg	Lakemont
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claysburg	Lakemont
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claysburg	Lakemont
Drove alone	83.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	10.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claysburg	Lakemont
1-unit, detached	53.6%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Claysburg	Lakemont
Poverty rate	17.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.93	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1956	1970