Laurel Run vs Silkworth

A side-by-side comparison of Laurel Run and Silkworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silkworth has the higher population (564 vs 480 in Laurel Run). Silkworth has the higher median household income ($67,273 vs $58,125 in Laurel Run). Silkworth has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $61,400 in Laurel Run).

Population, income & housing

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
Population	480	564
Median age	54.5 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$67,273
Median home value	$61,400	$221,500
Median gross rent	$1,321	—
Housing units	227	331
Homeownership rate	94.0%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
Population	573 → 480 (-16.2%)	865 → 564 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $58,125 (+9.4%)	$74,531 → $67,273 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $61,400 (-30.9%)	$195,000 → $221,500 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $1,321 (+99.2%)	—

Laurel Run

Population

573480

Median household income

$53,125$58,125

Median home value

$88,800$61,400

Median gross rent

$663$1,321

Silkworth

Population

865564

Median household income

$74,531$67,273

Median home value

$195,000$221,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
Under 5	1.9%	14.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	0.2%
55 to 64	23.3%	27.1%
65 to 74	21.0%	18.6%
75 and over	5.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
Drove alone	86.0%	91.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
1-unit, detached	48.5%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	51.5%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Laurel Run	Silkworth
Poverty rate	34.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1979	1983