Lima vs Morton

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

Lima and Morton 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 2,768 in Morton). Lima has the higher median household income ($76,953 vs $54,881 in Morton). Lima has the higher median home value ($372,300 vs $246,400 in Morton).

Population, income & housing

	Lima	Morton
Population	2,834	2,768
Median age	66.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,953	$54,881
Median home value	$372,300	$246,400
Median gross rent	$2,343	$1,324
Housing units	1,305	1,255
Homeownership rate	41.6%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lima	Morton
Population	1,938 → 2,834 (+46.2%)	2,662 → 2,768 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$49,896 → $76,953 (+54.2%)	$68,942 → $54,881 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $372,300 (+31.4%)	$229,600 → $246,400 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $2,343 (-3.5%)	$998 → $1,324 (+32.7%)

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

Morton

Population

2,6622,768

Median household income

$68,942$54,881

Median home value

$229,600$246,400

Median gross rent

$998$1,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lima	Morton
Under 5	2.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	7.0%
35 to 44	6.1%	19.7%
45 to 54	2.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.0%
75 and over	40.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lima	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	67.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lima	Morton
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lima	Morton
Drove alone	78.8%	64.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	16.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lima	Morton
1-unit, detached	18.4%	33.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	25.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	70.3%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lima	Morton
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.1%
Average household size	1.95	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1984	1963