Carlisle vs Lower Allen

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

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

Carlisle has the higher population (21,335 vs 7,582 in Lower Allen). Lower Allen has the higher median household income ($85,537 vs $59,742 in Carlisle). Lower Allen has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $212,400 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
Population	21,335	7,582
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,742	$85,537
Median home value	$212,400	$246,100
Median gross rent	$986	$1,117
Housing units	9,233	3,374
Homeownership rate	49.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
Population	19,153 → 21,335 (+11.4%)	6,840 → 7,582 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$48,612 → $59,742 (+22.9%)	$74,358 → $85,537 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$187,800 → $212,400 (+13.1%)	$183,600 → $246,100 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $986 (+16.8%)	$910 → $1,117 (+22.7%)

Carlisle

Population

19,15321,335

Median household income

$48,612$59,742

Median home value

$187,800$212,400

Median gross rent

$844$986

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)

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	19.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.7%
75 and over	6.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	78.8%
Black or African American	9.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
Drove alone	67.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	10.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.2%
Other means	2.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
1-unit, detached	36.9%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	25.3%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	10.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Lower Allen
Poverty rate	17.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1952	1970