Lower Allen vs New Cumberland

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

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

Lower Allen has the higher population (7,582 vs 7,531 in New Cumberland). Lower Allen has the higher median household income ($85,537 vs $81,947 in New Cumberland). Lower Allen has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $232,800 in New Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
Population	7,582	7,531
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,537	$81,947
Median home value	$246,100	$232,800
Median gross rent	$1,117	$1,031
Housing units	3,374	3,574
Homeownership rate	68.6%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
Population	6,840 → 7,582 (+10.8%)	7,309 → 7,531 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$74,358 → $85,537 (+15.0%)	$66,364 → $81,947 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $246,100 (+34.0%)	$169,700 → $232,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,117 (+22.7%)	$826 → $1,031 (+24.8%)

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

New Cumberland

Population

7,3097,531

Median household income

$66,364$81,947

Median home value

$169,700$232,800

Median gross rent

$826$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.7%
75 and over	9.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	83.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	22.8%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
Drove alone	77.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.2%	16.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
1-unit, detached	59.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Allen	New Cumberland
Poverty rate	3.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.33	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1970	1953