Linglestown vs Steelton

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

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

Linglestown has the higher population (6,747 vs 6,267 in Steelton). Linglestown has the higher median household income ($89,887 vs $55,963 in Steelton). Linglestown has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $124,200 in Steelton).

Population, income & housing

	Linglestown	Steelton
Population	6,747	6,267
Median age	42.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,887	$55,963
Median home value	$242,800	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,647	$1,270
Housing units	2,746	2,673
Homeownership rate	84.7%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linglestown	Steelton
Population	5,688 → 6,747 (+18.6%)	5,953 → 6,267 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$77,995 → $89,887 (+15.2%)	$38,836 → $55,963 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $242,800 (+27.7%)	$88,600 → $124,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,647 (+89.3%)	$873 → $1,270 (+45.5%)

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

Steelton

Population

5,9536,267

Median household income

$38,836$55,963

Median home value

$88,600$124,200

Median gross rent

$873$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linglestown	Steelton
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.5%
75 and over	7.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linglestown	Steelton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	39.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linglestown	Steelton
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linglestown	Steelton
Drove alone	74.3%	69.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linglestown	Steelton
1-unit, detached	87.5%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	48.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Linglestown	Steelton
Poverty rate	3.4%	22.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1970	1944