Colwyn vs Lima

A side-by-side comparison of Colwyn and Lima: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lima has the higher population (2,834 vs 2,683 in Colwyn). Lima has the higher median household income ($76,953 vs $53,092 in Colwyn). Lima has the higher median home value ($372,300 vs $105,800 in Colwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Colwyn	Lima
Population	2,683	2,834
Median age	27.2 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,092	$76,953
Median home value	$105,800	$372,300
Median gross rent	$1,267	$2,343
Housing units	882	1,305
Homeownership rate	44.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colwyn	Lima
Population	2,546 → 2,683 (+5.4%)	1,938 → 2,834 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$49,738 → $53,092 (+6.7%)	$49,896 → $76,953 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $105,800 (+40.1%)	$283,300 → $372,300 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,267 (+19.6%)	$2,428 → $2,343 (-3.5%)

Colwyn

Population

2,5462,683

Median household income

$49,738$53,092

Median home value

$75,500$105,800

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,267

Lima

Population

1,9382,834

Median household income

$49,896$76,953

Median home value

$283,300$372,300

Median gross rent

$2,428$2,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colwyn	Lima
Under 5	3.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	10.5%
18 to 24	15.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	2.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	4.4%	10.2%
75 and over	1.3%	40.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colwyn	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	5.2%	95.4%
Black or African American	93.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colwyn	Lima
No high school diploma	12.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colwyn	Lima
Drove alone	50.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	2.7%
Public transit	27.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	16.7%
Other means	6.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colwyn	Lima
1-unit, detached	9.5%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	64.7%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	70.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colwyn	Lima
Poverty rate	29.0%	6.7%
Average household size	3.14	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1944	1984