Lake City vs Wesleyville

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

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

Wesleyville has the higher population (3,189 vs 2,901 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median household income ($74,909 vs $46,506 in Wesleyville). Lake City has the higher median home value ($154,400 vs $100,700 in Wesleyville).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Wesleyville
Population	2,901	3,189
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,909	$46,506
Median home value	$154,400	$100,700
Median gross rent	$789	$798
Housing units	1,209	1,393
Homeownership rate	87.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Wesleyville
Population	2,899 → 2,901 (+0.1%)	3,185 → 3,189 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$53,257 → $74,909 (+40.7%)	$42,614 → $46,506 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $154,400 (+28.5%)	$82,600 → $100,700 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $789 (-4.1%)	$790 → $798 (+1.0%)

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

Wesleyville

Population

3,1853,189

Median household income

$42,614$46,506

Median home value

$82,600$100,700

Median gross rent

$790$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Wesleyville
Under 5	5.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	18.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.7%
75 and over	6.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Wesleyville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Wesleyville
No high school diploma	8.0%	12.6%
High school graduate	45.5%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Wesleyville
Drove alone	82.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	1.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Wesleyville
1-unit, detached	75.5%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Wesleyville
Poverty rate	10.9%	17.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1973	1948