Linglestown vs Progress

A side-by-side comparison of Linglestown and Progress: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Progress has the higher population (11,143 vs 6,747 in Linglestown). Linglestown has the higher median household income ($89,887 vs $75,362 in Progress). Linglestown has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $192,000 in Progress).

Population, income & housing

	Linglestown	Progress
Population	6,747	11,143
Median age	42.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,887	$75,362
Median home value	$242,800	$192,000
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,170
Housing units	2,746	4,899
Homeownership rate	84.7%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linglestown	Progress
Population	5,688 → 6,747 (+18.6%)	10,094 → 11,143 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$77,995 → $89,887 (+15.2%)	$59,632 → $75,362 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $242,800 (+27.7%)	$155,100 → $192,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,647 (+89.3%)	$921 → $1,170 (+27.0%)

Linglestown

Population

5,6886,747

Median household income

$77,995$89,887

Median home value

$190,200$242,800

Median gross rent

$870$1,647

Progress

Population

10,09411,143

Median household income

$59,632$75,362

Median home value

$155,100$192,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linglestown	Progress
Under 5	4.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.9%
75 and over	7.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linglestown	Progress
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	40.7%
Black or African American	14.8%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linglestown	Progress
No high school diploma	3.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	34.9%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linglestown	Progress
Drove alone	74.3%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.4%	12.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linglestown	Progress
1-unit, detached	87.5%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linglestown	Progress
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1970	1960