Catawissa vs Lightstreet

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

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

Catawissa has the higher population (1,498 vs 1,273 in Lightstreet). Catawissa has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $40,658 in Lightstreet). Lightstreet has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $139,700 in Catawissa).

Population, income & housing

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
Population	1,498	1,273
Median age	43.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,472	$40,658
Median home value	$139,700	$152,200
Median gross rent	$652	$1,055
Housing units	796	583
Homeownership rate	54.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
Population	1,556 → 1,498 (-3.7%)	978 → 1,273 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $53,472 (+29.8%)	$50,938 → $40,658 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$104,300 → $139,700 (+33.9%)	$132,100 → $152,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $652 (-6.7%)	$689 → $1,055 (+53.1%)

Catawissa

Population

1,5561,498

Median household income

$41,184$53,472

Median home value

$104,300$139,700

Median gross rent

$699$652

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)

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
Under 5	3.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	17.8%	22.5%
75 and over	8.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	49.4%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
Drove alone	81.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	23.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
1-unit, detached	58.7%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Catawissa	Lightstreet
Poverty rate	14.2%	23.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1945	1981