Lock Haven vs Mill Hall

A side-by-side comparison of Lock Haven and Mill Hall: population, income, housing, and more.

Lock Haven and Mill Hall are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lock Haven has the higher population (8,386 vs 1,313 in Mill Hall). Mill Hall has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $40,131 in Lock Haven). Mill Hall has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $127,500 in Lock Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
Population	8,386	1,313
Median age	26.6 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,131	$53,750
Median home value	$127,500	$145,500
Median gross rent	$794	$825
Housing units	3,567	698
Homeownership rate	31.9%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
Population	9,247 → 8,386 (-9.3%)	1,774 → 1,313 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$34,293 → $40,131 (+17.0%)	$54,602 → $53,750 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $127,500 (+22.0%)	$114,700 → $145,500 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $794 (+6.3%)	$713 → $825 (+15.7%)

Lock Haven

Population

9,2478,386

Median household income

$34,293$40,131

Median home value

$104,500$127,500

Median gross rent

$747$794

Mill Hall

Population

1,7741,313

Median household income

$54,602$53,750

Median home value

$114,700$145,500

Median gross rent

$713$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
Under 5	5.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	29.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	6.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.9%
75 and over	5.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	44.9%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
Drove alone	68.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	12.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	4.9%
Other means	2.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
1-unit, detached	30.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	41.4%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	11.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lock Haven	Mill Hall
Poverty rate	25.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1962	1958