Lima vs St. Davids

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

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

St. Davids has the higher population (3,950 vs 2,834 in Lima). St. Davids has the higher median household income ($159,620 vs $76,953 in Lima). St. Davids has the higher median home value ($986,300 vs $372,300 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Lima	St. Davids
Population	2,834	3,950
Median age	66.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,953	$159,620
Median home value	$372,300	$986,300
Median gross rent	$2,343	$1,951
Housing units	1,305	1,815
Homeownership rate	41.6%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	85.8%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lima	St. Davids
Population	1,938 → 2,834 (+46.2%)	3,530 → 3,950 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$49,896 → $76,953 (+54.2%)	$162,979 → $159,620 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $372,300 (+31.4%)	$780,700 → $986,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $2,343 (-3.5%)	$1,468 → $1,951 (+32.9%)

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

St. Davids

Population

3,5303,950

Median household income

$162,979$159,620

Median home value

$780,700$986,300

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lima	St. Davids
Under 5	2.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	2.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.5%
75 and over	40.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lima	St. Davids
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	77.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lima	St. Davids
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	44.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	41.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lima	St. Davids
Drove alone	78.8%	48.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	43.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lima	St. Davids
1-unit, detached	18.4%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	70.3%	26.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lima	St. Davids
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.7%
Average household size	1.95	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1984	1960