Burnham vs Lewistown

A side-by-side comparison of Burnham and Lewistown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewistown has the higher population (8,505 vs 1,735 in Burnham). Burnham has the higher median household income ($62,350 vs $40,179 in Lewistown). Burnham has the higher median home value ($130,800 vs $98,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Burnham	Lewistown
Population	1,735	8,505
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,350	$40,179
Median home value	$130,800	$98,600
Median gross rent	$743	$765
Housing units	911	4,470
Homeownership rate	72.6%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnham	Lewistown
Population	1,906 → 1,735 (-9.0%)	8,194 → 8,505 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$50,846 → $62,350 (+22.6%)	$35,573 → $40,179 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $130,800 (+58.2%)	$74,600 → $98,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $743 (+0.3%)	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)

Burnham

Population

1,9061,735

Median household income

$50,846$62,350

Median home value

$82,700$130,800

Median gross rent

$741$743

Lewistown

Population

8,1948,505

Median household income

$35,573$40,179

Median home value

$74,600$98,600

Median gross rent

$649$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnham	Lewistown
Under 5	9.4%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	21.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.7%
75 and over	8.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnham	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnham	Lewistown
No high school diploma	4.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	51.1%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnham	Lewistown
Drove alone	88.3%	71.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnham	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	70.7%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Burnham	Lewistown
Poverty rate	11.3%	32.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1954	1938