Inkerman vs Laflin

A side-by-side comparison of Inkerman and Laflin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inkerman has the higher population (1,568 vs 1,469 in Laflin). Laflin has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $50,236 in Inkerman). Since 2019, Laflin's population has grown faster (-2.9% vs -19.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Inkerman	Laflin
Population	1,568	1,469
Median age	51.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,236	$115,625
Median home value	—	$230,200
Median gross rent	$1,450	$1,664
Housing units	843	639
Homeownership rate	43.1%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inkerman	Laflin
Population	1,945 → 1,568 (-19.4%)	1,513 → 1,469 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$36,142 → $50,236 (+39.0%)	$88,438 → $115,625 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $102,200 (-17.8%)	$205,000 → $230,200 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,450 (+50.1%)	$1,188 → $1,664 (+40.1%)

Inkerman

Population

1,9451,568

Median household income

$36,142$50,236

Median home value

$124,400$102,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,450

Laflin

Population

1,5131,469

Median household income

$88,438$115,625

Median home value

$205,000$230,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inkerman	Laflin
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	2.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	15.5%
75 and over	23.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inkerman	Laflin
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inkerman	Laflin
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.4%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inkerman	Laflin
Drove alone	74.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	11.7%
Other means	3.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inkerman	Laflin
1-unit, detached	28.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Inkerman	Laflin
Poverty rate	16.5%	2.3%
Average household size	1.85	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	2000	1975