Allison vs Deer Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Allison and Deer Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allison has the higher population (468 vs 438 in Deer Lake). Deer Lake has the higher median home value ($240,600 vs $34,300 in Allison). Since 2019, Deer Lake's population has grown faster (+12.9% vs -12.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Allison	Deer Lake
Population	468	438
Median age	52.5 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$130,208
Median home value	$34,300	$240,600
Housing units	273	316
Homeownership rate	55.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allison	Deer Lake
Population	533 → 468 (-12.2%)	388 → 438 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$78,333 → $88,580 (+13.1%)	$76,375 → $130,208 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$40,500 → $34,300 (-15.3%)	$323,300 → $240,600 (-25.6%)

Allison

Population

533468

Median household income

$78,333$88,580

Median home value

$40,500$34,300

Deer Lake

Population

388438

Median household income

$76,375$130,208

Median home value

$323,300$240,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allison	Deer Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	21.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	23.3%	20.8%
75 and over	9.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allison	Deer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	97.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allison	Deer Lake
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.2%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allison	Deer Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allison	Deer Lake
1-unit, detached	83.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allison	Deer Lake
Poverty rate	26.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1938	1972