Conneaut Lakeshore vs Meadville

A side-by-side comparison of Conneaut Lakeshore and Meadville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadville has the higher population (12,723 vs 1,866 in Conneaut Lakeshore). Conneaut Lakeshore has the higher median household income ($64,667 vs $46,012 in Meadville). Conneaut Lakeshore has the higher median home value ($179,100 vs $115,700 in Meadville).

Population, income & housing

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
Population	1,866	12,723
Median age	56.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,667	$46,012
Median home value	$179,100	$115,700
Median gross rent	$767	$887
Housing units	2,127	5,524
Homeownership rate	77.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
Population	2,384 → 1,866 (-21.7%)	12,864 → 12,723 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$64,122 → $64,667 (+0.8%)	$36,793 → $46,012 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$172,000 → $179,100 (+4.1%)	$110,100 → $115,700 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $767 (-0.3%)	$665 → $887 (+33.4%)

Conneaut Lakeshore

Population

2,3841,866

Median household income

$64,122$64,667

Median home value

$172,000$179,100

Median gross rent

$769$767

Meadville

Population

12,86412,723

Median household income

$36,793$46,012

Median home value

$110,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$665$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
Under 5	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	21.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	20.4%	9.9%
75 and over	12.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	43.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
Drove alone	81.9%	63.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	15.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
1-unit, detached	85.0%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	27.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Conneaut Lakeshore	Meadville
Poverty rate	12.4%	18.3%
Average household size	1.90	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1972	1950