Lemont Furnace vs Newell

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

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

Newell has the higher population (589 vs 582 in Lemont Furnace). Lemont Furnace has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $55,682 in Newell). Newell has the higher median home value ($104,100 vs $68,900 in Lemont Furnace).

Population, income & housing

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
Population	582	589
Median age	46.0 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$55,682
Median home value	$68,900	$104,100
Median gross rent	$773	—
Housing units	252	274
Homeownership rate	83.8%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
Population	1,011 → 582 (-42.4%)	586 → 589 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$38,281 → $60,000 (+56.7%)	$68,676 → $55,682 (-18.9%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $68,900 (+7.2%)	$83,500 → $104,100 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $773 (+11.4%)	$1,097 → $1,000 (-8.8%)

Lemont Furnace

Population

1,011582

Median household income

$38,281$60,000

Median home value

$64,300$68,900

Median gross rent

$694$773

Newell

Population

586589

Median household income

$68,676$55,682

Median home value

$83,500$104,100

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
Under 5	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	3.7%
45 to 54	17.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	22.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	10.0%
75 and over	6.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.8%
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	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
No high school diploma	14.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
Drove alone	90.8%	84.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
1-unit, detached	59.9%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lemont Furnace	Newell
Poverty rate	10.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1958	1938