Grindstone vs Lemont Furnace

A side-by-side comparison of Grindstone and Lemont Furnace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grindstone has the higher population (592 vs 582 in Lemont Furnace). Grindstone has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $68,900 in Lemont Furnace). Since 2019, Grindstone's population has grown faster (-1.2% vs -42.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
Population	592	582
Median age	32.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,000
Median home value	$97,300	$68,900
Median gross rent	$1,064	$773
Housing units	325	252
Homeownership rate	50.4%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
Population	599 → 592 (-1.2%)	1,011 → 582 (-42.4%)
Median household income	$33,860 → $42,955 (+26.9%)	$38,281 → $60,000 (+56.7%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $97,300 (+39.6%)	$64,300 → $68,900 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,064 (+44.2%)	$694 → $773 (+11.4%)

Grindstone

Population

599592

Median household income

$33,860$42,955

Median home value

$69,700$97,300

Median gross rent

$738$1,064

Lemont Furnace

Population

1,011582

Median household income

$38,281$60,000

Median home value

$64,300$68,900

Median gross rent

$694$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
Under 5	9.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	5.7%	17.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	16.8%
75 and over	5.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
No high school diploma	14.1%	14.9%
High school graduate	45.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
Drove alone	100.0%	90.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
1-unit, detached	68.0%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Grindstone	Lemont Furnace
Poverty rate	19.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1938	1958