Espy vs Lightstreet

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

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

Espy has the higher population (1,737 vs 1,273 in Lightstreet). Espy has the higher median household income ($79,479 vs $40,658 in Lightstreet). Espy has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $152,200 in Lightstreet).

Population, income & housing

	Espy	Lightstreet
Population	1,737	1,273
Median age	45.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,479	$40,658
Median home value	$169,700	$152,200
Median gross rent	$1,032	$1,055
Housing units	927	583
Homeownership rate	67.2%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Espy	Lightstreet
Population	1,602 → 1,737 (+8.4%)	978 → 1,273 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$68,654 → $79,479 (+15.8%)	$50,938 → $40,658 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $169,700 (+15.1%)	$132,100 → $152,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,032 (+26.2%)	$689 → $1,055 (+53.1%)

Espy

Population

1,6021,737

Median household income

$68,654$79,479

Median home value

$147,500$169,700

Median gross rent

$818$1,032

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)

	Espy	Lightstreet
Under 5	2.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	7.9%
65 to 74	13.2%	22.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Espy	Lightstreet
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Espy	Lightstreet
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Espy	Lightstreet
Drove alone	76.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Espy	Lightstreet
1-unit, detached	75.1%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Espy	Lightstreet
Poverty rate	3.4%	23.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1967	1981