Fort Loudon vs Orrstown

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Loudon and Orrstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Loudon has the higher population (1,044 vs 357 in Orrstown). Fort Loudon has the higher median household income ($118,269 vs $65,217 in Orrstown). Fort Loudon has the higher median home value ($271,400 vs $144,500 in Orrstown).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
Population	1,044	357
Median age	25.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,269	$65,217
Median home value	$271,400	$144,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	597	158
Homeownership rate	95.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
Population	822 → 1,044 (+27.0%)	250 → 357 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$98,264 → $118,269 (+20.4%)	$50,625 → $65,217 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $271,400 (+83.4%)	$133,900 → $144,500 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $3,501 (+250.1%)

Fort Loudon

Population

8221,044

Median household income

$98,264$118,269

Median home value

$148,000$271,400

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)

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	4.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	40.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	2.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	6.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	25.9%	8.1%
75 and over	4.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
No high school diploma	20.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	51.0%	73.4%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
Drove alone	28.5%	91.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	66.6%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
1-unit, detached	93.6%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Loudon	Orrstown
Poverty rate	4.5%	7.7%
Average household size	1.91	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1993	1938