Linglestown vs Rutherford

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

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

Rutherford has the higher population (6,982 vs 6,747 in Linglestown). Linglestown has the higher median household income ($89,887 vs $77,306 in Rutherford). Linglestown has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $189,300 in Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	Linglestown	Rutherford
Population	6,747	6,982
Median age	42.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,887	$77,306
Median home value	$242,800	$189,300
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,228
Housing units	2,746	2,498
Homeownership rate	84.7%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linglestown	Rutherford
Population	5,688 → 6,747 (+18.6%)	4,919 → 6,982 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$77,995 → $89,887 (+15.2%)	$61,237 → $77,306 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $242,800 (+27.7%)	$147,100 → $189,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,647 (+89.3%)	$1,137 → $1,228 (+8.0%)

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

Rutherford

Population

4,9196,982

Median household income

$61,237$77,306

Median home value

$147,100$189,300

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,228

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linglestown	Rutherford
Under 5	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.7%
75 and over	7.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linglestown	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	35.1%
Black or African American	14.8%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	20.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linglestown	Rutherford
No high school diploma	3.7%	19.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linglestown	Rutherford
Drove alone	74.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	15.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linglestown	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	87.5%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	38.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Linglestown	Rutherford
Poverty rate	3.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1970	1989