Lemont Furnace vs Rowes Run

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

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

Lemont Furnace has the higher population (582 vs 517 in Rowes Run). Rowes Run has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $60,000 in Lemont Furnace). Rowes Run has the higher median home value ($73,400 vs $68,900 in Lemont Furnace).

Population, income & housing

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
Population	582	517
Median age	46.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$60,313
Median home value	$68,900	$73,400
Median gross rent	$773	—
Housing units	252	269
Homeownership rate	83.8%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	18.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
Population	1,011 → 582 (-42.4%)	672 → 517 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$38,281 → $60,000 (+56.7%)	$37,589 → $60,313 (+60.5%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $68,900 (+7.2%)	$89,300 → $73,400 (-17.8%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $773 (+11.4%)	$760 → $775 (+2.0%)

Lemont Furnace

Population

1,011582

Median household income

$38,281$60,000

Median home value

$64,300$68,900

Median gross rent

$694$773

Rowes Run

Population

672517

Median household income

$37,589$60,313

Median home value

$89,300$73,400

Median gross rent

$760$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
Under 5	6.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.8%	13.7%
75 and over	6.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.5%
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%	2.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
Drove alone	90.8%	92.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemont Furnace	Rowes Run
1-unit, detached	59.9%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	19.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
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	Rowes Run
Poverty rate	10.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1958	1938