Lampeter vs Swartzville

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

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

Lampeter has the higher population (2,094 vs 1,804 in Swartzville). Swartzville has the higher median household income ($105,481 vs $72,281 in Lampeter). Lampeter has the higher median home value ($361,000 vs $283,900 in Swartzville).

Population, income & housing

	Lampeter	Swartzville
Population	2,094	1,804
Median age	33.1 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,281	$105,481
Median home value	$361,000	$283,900
Median gross rent	$1,424	—
Housing units	829	707
Homeownership rate	51.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lampeter	Swartzville
Population	1,358 → 2,094 (+54.2%)	2,850 → 1,804 (-36.7%)
Median household income	$69,821 → $72,281 (+3.5%)	$97,245 → $105,481 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$226,600 → $361,000 (+59.3%)	$196,900 → $283,900 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $1,424 (+39.9%)	$1,092 → $1,122 (+2.7%)

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

Swartzville

Population

2,8501,804

Median household income

$97,245$105,481

Median home value

$196,900$283,900

Median gross rent

$1,092$1,122

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lampeter	Swartzville
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	3.4%
35 to 44	18.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	18.9%
75 and over	1.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lampeter	Swartzville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lampeter	Swartzville
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	27.7%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lampeter	Swartzville
Drove alone	86.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lampeter	Swartzville
1-unit, detached	48.7%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Lampeter	Swartzville
Poverty rate	3.5%	1.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1992	1991