Adamstown vs Lampeter

A side-by-side comparison of Adamstown and Lampeter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Adamstown has the higher population (2,387 vs 2,094 in Lampeter). Adamstown has the higher median household income ($102,375 vs $72,281 in Lampeter). Lampeter has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $263,000 in Adamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Adamstown	Lampeter
Population	2,387	2,094
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,375	$72,281
Median home value	$263,000	$361,000
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,424
Housing units	816	829
Homeownership rate	81.9%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adamstown	Lampeter
Population	2,492 → 2,387 (-4.2%)	1,358 → 2,094 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$76,007 → $102,375 (+34.7%)	$69,821 → $72,281 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$197,800 → $263,000 (+33.0%)	$226,600 → $361,000 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,233 (+33.0%)	$1,018 → $1,424 (+39.9%)

Adamstown

Population

2,4922,387

Median household income

$76,007$102,375

Median home value

$197,800$263,000

Median gross rent

$927$1,233

Lampeter

Population

1,3582,094

Median household income

$69,821$72,281

Median home value

$226,600$361,000

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,424

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adamstown	Lampeter
Under 5	6.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	25.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.5%
75 and over	1.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adamstown	Lampeter
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adamstown	Lampeter
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adamstown	Lampeter
Drove alone	69.4%	86.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.9%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adamstown	Lampeter
1-unit, detached	60.3%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	27.5%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adamstown	Lampeter
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.5%
Average household size	3.06	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1995	1992