Duncansville vs Lakemont

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

Duncansville 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 1,145 in Duncansville). Duncansville has the higher median household income ($58,828 vs $49,036 in Lakemont). Lakemont has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $132,000 in Duncansville).

Population, income & housing

	Duncansville	Lakemont
Population	1,145	1,504
Median age	45.4 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,828	$49,036
Median home value	$132,000	$147,300
Median gross rent	$824	$1,103
Housing units	576	817
Homeownership rate	49.5%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncansville	Lakemont
Population	1,161 → 1,145 (-1.4%)	1,860 → 1,504 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$50,563 → $58,828 (+16.3%)	$52,471 → $49,036 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $132,000 (+12.8%)	$124,400 → $147,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $824 (+2.0%)	$808 → $1,103 (+36.5%)

Duncansville

Population

1,1611,145

Median household income

$50,563$58,828

Median home value

$117,000$132,000

Median gross rent

$808$824

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)

	Duncansville	Lakemont
Under 5	4.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	12.0%	1.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	17.2%	16.7%
75 and over	8.4%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncansville	Lakemont
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncansville	Lakemont
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	55.2%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncansville	Lakemont
Drove alone	85.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	5.8%
Public transit	3.0%	3.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncansville	Lakemont
1-unit, detached	57.3%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	4.5%
20 or more units	17.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Duncansville	Lakemont
Poverty rate	9.3%	13.9%
Average household size	2.24	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1958	1970