Bloomsburg vs Lightstreet

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

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

Bloomsburg has the higher population (12,906 vs 1,273 in Lightstreet). Bloomsburg has the higher median household income ($49,096 vs $40,658 in Lightstreet). Bloomsburg has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $152,200 in Lightstreet).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
Population	12,906	1,273
Median age	24.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,096	$40,658
Median home value	$186,100	$152,200
Median gross rent	$937	$1,055
Housing units	5,325	583
Homeownership rate	37.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
Population	14,085 → 12,906 (-8.4%)	978 → 1,273 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$32,217 → $49,096 (+52.4%)	$50,938 → $40,658 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $186,100 (+36.8%)	$132,100 → $152,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $937 (+23.0%)	$689 → $1,055 (+53.1%)

Bloomsburg

Population

14,08512,906

Median household income

$32,217$49,096

Median home value

$136,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$762$937

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)

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
Under 5	3.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	40.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	22.5%
75 and over	6.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	43.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
Drove alone	69.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
1-unit, detached	38.3%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Bloomsburg	Lightstreet
Poverty rate	30.6%	23.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1963	1981