Laflin vs Nescopeck

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

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

Nescopeck has the higher population (1,475 vs 1,469 in Laflin). Laflin has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $60,625 in Nescopeck). Laflin has the higher median home value ($230,200 vs $159,800 in Nescopeck).

Population, income & housing

	Laflin	Nescopeck
Population	1,469	1,475
Median age	47.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$115,625	$60,625
Median home value	$230,200	$159,800
Median gross rent	$1,664	$848
Housing units	639	782
Homeownership rate	88.6%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laflin	Nescopeck
Population	1,513 → 1,469 (-2.9%)	1,570 → 1,475 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$88,438 → $115,625 (+30.7%)	$50,250 → $60,625 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$205,000 → $230,200 (+12.3%)	$108,200 → $159,800 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,664 (+40.1%)	$808 → $848 (+5.0%)

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

Nescopeck

Population

1,5701,475

Median household income

$50,250$60,625

Median home value

$108,200$159,800

Median gross rent

$808$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laflin	Nescopeck
Under 5	4.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.7%
75 and over	9.4%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laflin	Nescopeck
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	94.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laflin	Nescopeck
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	22.3%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laflin	Nescopeck
Drove alone	80.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	9.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laflin	Nescopeck
1-unit, detached	79.8%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Laflin	Nescopeck
Poverty rate	2.3%	7.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1975	1951