Geistown vs Southmont

A side-by-side comparison of Geistown and Southmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Geistown has the higher population (2,512 vs 2,127 in Southmont). Southmont has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $67,972 in Geistown). Geistown has the higher median home value ($148,700 vs $125,200 in Southmont).

Population, income & housing

	Geistown	Southmont
Population	2,512	2,127
Median age	51.0 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,972	$74,833
Median home value	$148,700	$125,200
Median gross rent	$816	$1,009
Housing units	1,326	1,056
Homeownership rate	78.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geistown	Southmont
Population	2,390 → 2,512 (+5.1%)	2,117 → 2,127 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$66,806 → $67,972 (+1.7%)	$59,531 → $74,833 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $148,700 (+21.1%)	$112,700 → $125,200 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $816 (+18.6%)	$744 → $1,009 (+35.6%)

Geistown

Population

2,3902,512

Median household income

$66,806$67,972

Median home value

$122,800$148,700

Median gross rent

$688$816

Southmont

Population

2,1172,127

Median household income

$59,531$74,833

Median home value

$112,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$744$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geistown	Southmont
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	21.7%	15.0%
75 and over	9.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geistown	Southmont
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geistown	Southmont
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geistown	Southmont
Drove alone	69.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	16.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geistown	Southmont
1-unit, detached	76.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Geistown	Southmont
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1958	1940