Lima vs Upland

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

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

Upland has the higher population (3,056 vs 2,834 in Lima). Lima has the higher median household income ($76,953 vs $60,200 in Upland). Lima has the higher median home value ($372,300 vs $173,300 in Upland).

Population, income & housing

	Lima	Upland
Population	2,834	3,056
Median age	66.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,953	$60,200
Median home value	$372,300	$173,300
Median gross rent	$2,343	$1,047
Housing units	1,305	1,241
Homeownership rate	41.6%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lima	Upland
Population	1,938 → 2,834 (+46.2%)	3,322 → 3,056 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$49,896 → $76,953 (+54.2%)	$44,503 → $60,200 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $372,300 (+31.4%)	$114,400 → $173,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,428 → $2,343 (-3.5%)	$769 → $1,047 (+36.2%)

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

Upland

Population

3,3223,056

Median household income

$44,503$60,200

Median home value

$114,400$173,300

Median gross rent

$769$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lima	Upland
Under 5	2.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	6.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	2.8%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.3%
75 and over	40.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lima	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	46.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
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%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lima	Upland
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lima	Upland
Drove alone	78.8%	70.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	17.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	2.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lima	Upland
1-unit, detached	18.4%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	59.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	70.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lima	Upland
Poverty rate	6.7%	14.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1984	1941