Larksville vs Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Larksville and Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plains has the higher population (4,369 vs 4,248 in Larksville). Plains has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $56,620 in Larksville). Larksville has the higher median home value ($145,700 vs $141,800 in Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Larksville	Plains
Population	4,248	4,369
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,620	$65,417
Median home value	$145,700	$141,800
Median gross rent	$943	$950
Housing units	2,158	2,034
Homeownership rate	73.1%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Larksville	Plains
Population	4,387 → 4,248 (-3.2%)	3,866 → 4,369 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$61,907 → $56,620 (-8.5%)	$54,605 → $65,417 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$124,400 → $145,700 (+17.1%)	$97,000 → $141,800 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $943 (+7.6%)	$768 → $950 (+23.7%)

Larksville

Population

4,3874,248

Median household income

$61,907$56,620

Median home value

$124,400$145,700

Median gross rent

$876$943

Plains

Population

3,8664,369

Median household income

$54,605$65,417

Median home value

$97,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$768$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Larksville	Plains
Under 5	6.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	6.6%	17.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.9%
75 and over	11.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Larksville	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	2.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Larksville	Plains
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.0%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Larksville	Plains
Drove alone	74.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Larksville	Plains
1-unit, detached	70.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	17.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Larksville	Plains
Poverty rate	8.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1964	1943