Lock Haven vs Renovo

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

Lock Haven and Renovo 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 1,168 in Renovo). Lock Haven has the higher median household income ($40,131 vs $30,491 in Renovo). Lock Haven has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $61,300 in Renovo).

Population, income & housing

	Lock Haven	Renovo
Population	8,386	1,168
Median age	26.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,131	$30,491
Median home value	$127,500	$61,300
Median gross rent	$794	$667
Housing units	3,567	731
Homeownership rate	31.9%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lock Haven	Renovo
Population	9,247 → 8,386 (-9.3%)	1,153 → 1,168 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$34,293 → $40,131 (+17.0%)	$23,523 → $30,491 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $127,500 (+22.0%)	$39,900 → $61,300 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $794 (+6.3%)	$565 → $667 (+18.1%)

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

Renovo

Population

1,1531,168

Median household income

$23,523$30,491

Median home value

$39,900$61,300

Median gross rent

$565$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lock Haven	Renovo
Under 5	5.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	29.9%	14.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	4.9%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	14.0%
75 and over	5.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lock Haven	Renovo
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lock Haven	Renovo
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	44.9%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lock Haven	Renovo
Drove alone	68.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	20.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	12.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.9%
Other means	2.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lock Haven	Renovo
1-unit, detached	30.0%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	19.3%
2 to 4 units	41.4%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	11.2%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lock Haven	Renovo
Poverty rate	25.0%	33.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1962	1938