Camp Hill vs Lower Allen

A side-by-side comparison of Camp Hill and Lower Allen: population, income, housing, and more.

Camp Hill and Lower Allen are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Camp Hill has the higher population (8,149 vs 7,582 in Lower Allen). Camp Hill has the higher median household income ($110,938 vs $85,537 in Lower Allen). Camp Hill has the higher median home value ($290,300 vs $246,100 in Lower Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
Population	8,149	7,582
Median age	43.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,938	$85,537
Median home value	$290,300	$246,100
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,117
Housing units	3,532	3,374
Homeownership rate	76.6%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
Population	7,911 → 8,149 (+3.0%)	6,840 → 7,582 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$87,008 → $110,938 (+27.5%)	$74,358 → $85,537 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$212,600 → $290,300 (+36.5%)	$183,600 → $246,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,204 (+9.5%)	$910 → $1,117 (+22.7%)

Camp Hill

Population

7,9118,149

Median household income

$87,008$110,938

Median home value

$212,600$290,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,204

Lower Allen

Population

6,8407,582

Median household income

$74,358$85,537

Median home value

$183,600$246,100

Median gross rent

$910$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.7%
75 and over	8.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	78.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	15.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
Drove alone	59.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	3.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.8%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
1-unit, detached	76.6%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Camp Hill	Lower Allen
Poverty rate	5.8%	3.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1953	1970