Downingtown vs Lionville

A side-by-side comparison of Downingtown and Lionville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downingtown has the higher population (8,163 vs 7,091 in Lionville). Lionville has the higher median household income ($96,381 vs $82,292 in Downingtown). Lionville has the higher median home value ($424,200 vs $322,500 in Downingtown).

Population, income & housing

	Downingtown	Lionville
Population	8,163	7,091
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$96,381
Median home value	$322,500	$424,200
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,814
Housing units	3,658	3,143
Homeownership rate	50.9%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downingtown	Lionville
Population	7,926 → 8,163 (+3.0%)	6,398 → 7,091 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$66,345 → $82,292 (+24.0%)	$92,757 → $96,381 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $322,500 (+32.9%)	$327,400 → $424,200 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,528 (+28.0%)	$1,475 → $1,814 (+23.0%)

Downingtown

Population

7,9268,163

Median household income

$66,345$82,292

Median home value

$242,700$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,528

Lionville

Population

6,3987,091

Median household income

$92,757$96,381

Median home value

$327,400$424,200

Median gross rent

$1,475$1,814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downingtown	Lionville
Under 5	6.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	20.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.2%
75 and over	4.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downingtown	Lionville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	69.8%
Black or African American	10.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downingtown	Lionville
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downingtown	Lionville
Drove alone	70.2%	70.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	20.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downingtown	Lionville
1-unit, detached	21.0%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	36.6%	35.6%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	18.8%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Downingtown	Lionville
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1964	1980