Ashley vs Harveys Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ashley and Harveys Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harveys Lake has the higher population (2,800 vs 2,599 in Ashley). Harveys Lake has the higher median household income ($68,462 vs $46,655 in Ashley). Harveys Lake has the higher median home value ($229,600 vs $82,800 in Ashley).

Population, income & housing

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
Population	2,599	2,800
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,655	$68,462
Median home value	$82,800	$229,600
Median gross rent	$897	$1,230
Housing units	1,262	1,770
Homeownership rate	60.7%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
Population	2,731 → 2,599 (-4.8%)	2,762 → 2,800 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$34,224 → $46,655 (+36.3%)	$79,432 → $68,462 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$64,600 → $82,800 (+28.2%)	$181,300 → $229,600 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $897 (+21.7%)	$1,174 → $1,230 (+4.8%)

Ashley

Population

2,7312,599

Median household income

$34,224$46,655

Median home value

$64,600$82,800

Median gross rent

$737$897

Harveys Lake

Population

2,7622,800

Median household income

$79,432$68,462

Median home value

$181,300$229,600

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
Under 5	12.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	23.7%
75 and over	9.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.7%
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	0.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
Drove alone	82.4%	87.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
1-unit, detached	38.5%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	19.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashley	Harveys Lake
Poverty rate	38.2%	7.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	17	39
Median year structure built	1938	1973