Linwood vs Upland

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

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

Linwood has the higher population (3,623 vs 3,056 in Upland). Linwood has the higher median household income ($76,077 vs $60,200 in Upland). Upland has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $117,000 in Linwood).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Upland
Population	3,623	3,056
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,077	$60,200
Median home value	$117,000	$173,300
Median gross rent	$972	$1,047
Housing units	1,555	1,241
Homeownership rate	50.1%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Upland
Population	3,225 → 3,623 (+12.3%)	3,322 → 3,056 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$62,054 → $76,077 (+22.6%)	$44,503 → $60,200 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$114,400 → $173,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $972 (-13.8%)	$769 → $1,047 (+36.2%)

Linwood

Population

3,2253,623

Median household income

$62,054$76,077

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$1,128$972

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)

	Linwood	Upland
Under 5	3.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	23.3%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	6.3%
75 and over	2.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	46.3%
Black or African American	9.3%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Upland
No high school diploma	13.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	43.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Upland
Drove alone	77.5%	70.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.8%
Public transit	1.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	17.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Upland
1-unit, detached	24.4%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	51.3%	59.8%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Upland
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1947	1941