East Lansdowne vs Parkside

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

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

East Lansdowne has the higher population (2,699 vs 2,304 in Parkside). Parkside has the higher median household income ($91,902 vs $66,611 in East Lansdowne). East Lansdowne has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $188,700 in Parkside).

Population, income & housing

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
Population	2,699	2,304
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,611	$91,902
Median home value	$201,400	$188,700
Median gross rent	$1,542	$1,061
Housing units	1,283	885
Homeownership rate	58.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
Population	2,674 → 2,699 (+0.9%)	2,227 → 2,304 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$59,798 → $66,611 (+11.4%)	$66,968 → $91,902 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $201,400 (+69.0%)	$142,800 → $188,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,542 (+59.6%)	$1,063 → $1,061 (-0.2%)

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

Parkside

Population

2,2272,304

Median household income

$66,968$91,902

Median home value

$142,800$188,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
Under 5	3.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	14.2%
25 to 34	20.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	20.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.9%
75 and over	2.2%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
White (non-Hispanic)	16.6%	68.2%
Black or African American	68.2%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	36.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
Drove alone	64.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.7%
Public transit	7.6%	2.2%
Walked	1.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
1-unit, detached	33.0%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	30.2%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	32.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Lansdowne	Parkside
Poverty rate	16.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1938	1952