Blue Ridge Summit vs Orrstown

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge Summit and Orrstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge Summit and Orrstown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Ridge Summit has the higher population (1,016 vs 357 in Orrstown). Orrstown has the higher median household income ($65,217 vs $57,857 in Blue Ridge Summit). Blue Ridge Summit has the higher median home value ($284,100 vs $144,500 in Orrstown).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
Population	1,016	357
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,857	$65,217
Median home value	$284,100	$144,500
Median gross rent	$842	$3,501
Housing units	481	158
Homeownership rate	46.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
Population	672 → 1,016 (+51.2%)	250 → 357 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$38,713 → $57,857 (+49.5%)	$50,625 → $65,217 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $284,100 (+63.8%)	$133,900 → $144,500 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $842 (+29.9%)	$1,000 → $3,501 (+250.1%)

Blue Ridge Summit

Population

6721,016

Median household income

$38,713$57,857

Median home value

$173,400$284,100

Median gross rent

$648$842

Orrstown

Population

250357

Median household income

$50,625$65,217

Median home value

$133,900$144,500

Median gross rent

$1,000$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
Under 5	1.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	23.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	20.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	8.1%
75 and over	6.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	98.9%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	73.4%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
Drove alone	70.4%	91.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
1-unit, detached	41.2%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	23.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Summit	Orrstown
Poverty rate	1.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1966	1938