Gap vs Lampeter

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

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

Gap has the higher population (2,297 vs 2,094 in Lampeter). Gap has the higher median household income ($96,007 vs $72,281 in Lampeter). Lampeter has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $321,500 in Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Gap	Lampeter
Population	2,297	2,094
Median age	41.5 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,007	$72,281
Median home value	$321,500	$361,000
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,424
Housing units	847	829
Homeownership rate	70.7%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gap	Lampeter
Population	2,581 → 2,297 (-11.0%)	1,358 → 2,094 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$103,143 → $96,007 (-6.9%)	$69,821 → $72,281 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$289,900 → $321,500 (+10.9%)	$226,600 → $361,000 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,238 (+24.3%)	$1,018 → $1,424 (+39.9%)

Gap

Population

2,5812,297

Median household income

$103,143$96,007

Median home value

$289,900$321,500

Median gross rent

$996$1,238

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)

	Gap	Lampeter
Under 5	6.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	25.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.5%
75 and over	7.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gap	Lampeter
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	87.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gap	Lampeter
No high school diploma	18.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gap	Lampeter
Drove alone	69.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	17.9%	0.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gap	Lampeter
1-unit, detached	78.7%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gap	Lampeter
Poverty rate	2.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1969	1992