Buckhorn vs Lime Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhorn and Lime Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lime Ridge has the higher population (871 vs 614 in Buckhorn). Buckhorn has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $64,844 in Lime Ridge). Buckhorn has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $174,300 in Lime Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
Population	614	871
Median age	23.6 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$64,844
Median home value	$270,600	$174,300
Median gross rent	—	$996
Housing units	181	455
Homeownership rate	79.1%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
Population	349 → 614 (+75.9%)	983 → 871 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $73,250 (-2.3%)	$38,333 → $64,844 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$236,100 → $270,600 (+14.6%)	$104,200 → $174,300 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$922 → $996 (+8.0%)

Buckhorn

Population

349614

Median household income

$75,000$73,250

Median home value

$236,100$270,600

Lime Ridge

Population

983871

Median household income

$38,333$64,844

Median home value

$104,200$174,300

Median gross rent

$922$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
Under 5	2.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	35.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	2.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	5.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	18.1%
75 and over	2.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
Drove alone	88.9%	95.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
1-unit, detached	93.4%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Buckhorn	Lime Ridge
Poverty rate	43.3%	8.4%
Average household size	3.47	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1981	1975