Girard vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Girard and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Girard has the higher population (2,979 vs 2,901 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median household income ($74,909 vs $72,481 in Girard). Girard has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $154,400 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Lake City
Population	2,979	2,901
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,481	$74,909
Median home value	$168,100	$154,400
Median gross rent	$640	$789
Housing units	1,572	1,209
Homeownership rate	61.4%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Lake City
Population	2,975 → 2,979 (+0.1%)	2,899 → 2,901 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$49,875 → $72,481 (+45.3%)	$53,257 → $74,909 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $168,100 (+29.5%)	$120,200 → $154,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $640 (+9.0%)	$823 → $789 (-4.1%)

Girard

Population

2,9752,979

Median household income

$49,875$72,481

Median home value

$129,800$168,100

Median gross rent

$587$640

Lake City

Population

2,8992,901

Median household income

$53,257$74,909

Median home value

$120,200$154,400

Median gross rent

$823$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Girard	Lake City
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	27.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.9%
75 and over	6.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Lake City
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Lake City
Drove alone	86.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Lake City
1-unit, detached	61.3%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Lake City
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.9%
Average household size	1.95	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1954	1973