Gap vs Rheems

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

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

Rheems has the higher population (2,526 vs 2,297 in Gap). Gap has the higher median household income ($96,007 vs $93,229 in Rheems). Gap has the higher median home value ($321,500 vs $257,500 in Rheems).

Population, income & housing

	Gap	Rheems
Population	2,297	2,526
Median age	41.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,007	$93,229
Median home value	$321,500	$257,500
Median gross rent	$1,238	$1,575
Housing units	847	965
Homeownership rate	70.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gap	Rheems
Population	2,581 → 2,297 (-11.0%)	1,537 → 2,526 (+64.3%)
Median household income	$103,143 → $96,007 (-6.9%)	$78,875 → $93,229 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$289,900 → $321,500 (+10.9%)	$190,400 → $257,500 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,238 (+24.3%)	$1,356 → $1,575 (+16.2%)

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

Rheems

Population

1,5372,526

Median household income

$78,875$93,229

Median home value

$190,400$257,500

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gap	Rheems
Under 5	6.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.9%
75 and over	7.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gap	Rheems
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gap	Rheems
No high school diploma	18.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gap	Rheems
Drove alone	69.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	17.9%	3.4%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.9%
Other means	1.1%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gap	Rheems
1-unit, detached	78.7%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Gap	Rheems
Poverty rate	2.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1969	1981