Dale vs Loretto

A side-by-side comparison of Dale and Loretto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loretto has the higher population (1,370 vs 1,295 in Dale). Loretto has the higher median household income ($61,591 vs $30,982 in Dale). Loretto has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $40,200 in Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Dale	Loretto
Population	1,295	1,370
Median age	39.5 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,982	$61,591
Median home value	$40,200	$187,500
Median gross rent	$475	—
Housing units	674	175
Homeownership rate	42.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale	Loretto
Population	1,088 → 1,295 (+19.0%)	1,190 → 1,370 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$24,000 → $30,982 (+29.1%)	$41,563 → $61,591 (+48.2%)
Median home value	$31,900 → $40,200 (+26.0%)	$127,100 → $187,500 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $475 (+6.0%)	$1,148 → $1,297 (+13.0%)

Dale

Population

1,0881,295

Median household income

$24,000$30,982

Median home value

$31,900$40,200

Median gross rent

$448$475

Loretto

Population

1,1901,370

Median household income

$41,563$61,591

Median home value

$127,100$187,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale	Loretto
Under 5	9.2%	0.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	1.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	82.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	1.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	1.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	5.0%
65 to 74	17.2%	1.5%
75 and over	6.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale	Loretto
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	6.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale	Loretto
No high school diploma	8.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale	Loretto
Drove alone	55.9%	47.6%
Carpooled	25.4%	2.0%
Public transit	5.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	37.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale	Loretto
1-unit, detached	47.9%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	27.4%
20 or more units	27.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dale	Loretto
Poverty rate	34.8%	41.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	16	13
Median year structure built	1943	1956