Berwick vs Lightstreet

A side-by-side comparison of Berwick and Lightstreet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berwick has the higher population (10,291 vs 1,273 in Lightstreet). Berwick has the higher median household income ($45,338 vs $40,658 in Lightstreet). Lightstreet has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $135,000 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Lightstreet
Population	10,291	1,273
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,338	$40,658
Median home value	$135,000	$152,200
Median gross rent	$788	$1,055
Housing units	4,892	583
Homeownership rate	59.7%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Lightstreet
Population	10,073 → 10,291 (+2.2%)	978 → 1,273 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $45,338 (+12.7%)	$50,938 → $40,658 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $135,000 (+26.9%)	$132,100 → $152,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $788 (+18.3%)	$689 → $1,055 (+53.1%)

Berwick

Population

10,07310,291

Median household income

$40,227$45,338

Median home value

$106,400$135,000

Median gross rent

$666$788

Lightstreet

Population

9781,273

Median household income

$50,938$40,658

Median home value

$132,100$152,200

Median gross rent

$689$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwick	Lightstreet
Under 5	4.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	22.5%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Lightstreet
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	94.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Lightstreet
No high school diploma	13.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	49.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Lightstreet
Drove alone	83.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Lightstreet
1-unit, detached	60.0%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Lightstreet
Poverty rate	21.7%	23.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1955	1981