East Lansdowne vs Lima

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

East Lansdowne 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 2,699 in East Lansdowne). Lima has the higher median household income ($76,953 vs $66,611 in East Lansdowne). Lima has the higher median home value ($372,300 vs $201,400 in East Lansdowne).

Population, income & housing

	East Lansdowne	Lima
Population	2,699	2,834
Median age	37.2 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,611	$76,953
Median home value	$201,400	$372,300
Median gross rent	$1,542	$2,343
Housing units	1,283	1,305
Homeownership rate	58.9%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lansdowne	Lima
Population	2,674 → 2,699 (+0.9%)	1,938 → 2,834 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$59,798 → $66,611 (+11.4%)	$49,896 → $76,953 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $201,400 (+69.0%)	$283,300 → $372,300 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,542 (+59.6%)	$2,428 → $2,343 (-3.5%)

East Lansdowne

Population

2,6742,699

Median household income

$59,798$66,611

Median home value

$119,200$201,400

Median gross rent

$966$1,542

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)

	East Lansdowne	Lima
Under 5	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	20.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	2.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.2%
75 and over	2.2%	40.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lansdowne	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	16.6%	95.4%
Black or African American	68.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lansdowne	Lima
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lansdowne	Lima
Drove alone	64.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.7%
Public transit	7.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lansdowne	Lima
1-unit, detached	33.0%	18.4%
1-unit, attached	30.2%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	32.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	70.3%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Lansdowne	Lima
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.30	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1938	1984