Lamar vs Rauchtown

A side-by-side comparison of Lamar and Rauchtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rauchtown has the higher population (653 vs 620 in Lamar). Rauchtown has the higher median household income ($73,819 vs $72,721 in Lamar). Rauchtown has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $170,600 in Lamar).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Rauchtown
Population	620	653
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,721	$73,819
Median home value	$170,600	$192,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,146
Housing units	303	291
Homeownership rate	83.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Rauchtown
Population	614 → 620 (+1.0%)	587 → 653 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$50,368 → $72,721 (+44.4%)	$58,542 → $73,819 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$138,400 → $170,600 (+23.3%)	$152,500 → $192,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $681 (+4.3%)	$700 → $1,146 (+63.7%)

Lamar

Population

614620

Median household income

$50,368$72,721

Median home value

$138,400$170,600

Median gross rent

$653$681

Rauchtown

Population

587653

Median household income

$58,542$73,819

Median home value

$152,500$192,900

Median gross rent

$700$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	Rauchtown
Under 5	7.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	21.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.2%
75 and over	7.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Rauchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Rauchtown
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Rauchtown
Drove alone	93.3%	93.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Rauchtown
1-unit, detached	76.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Rauchtown
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1966	1975