Church Hill vs Lewistown

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

Church Hill 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 1,798 in Church Hill). Church Hill has the higher median household income ($79,219 vs $40,179 in Lewistown). Church Hill has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $98,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Church Hill	Lewistown
Population	1,798	8,505
Median age	46.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,219	$40,179
Median home value	$189,100	$98,600
Median gross rent	$813	$765
Housing units	932	4,470
Homeownership rate	74.0%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Hill	Lewistown
Population	1,649 → 1,798 (+9.0%)	8,194 → 8,505 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$59,200 → $79,219 (+33.8%)	$35,573 → $40,179 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $189,100 (+17.6%)	$74,600 → $98,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $813 (+15.3%)	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)

Church Hill

Population

1,6491,798

Median household income

$59,200$79,219

Median home value

$160,800$189,100

Median gross rent

$705$813

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)

	Church Hill	Lewistown
Under 5	4.9%	8.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.7%
75 and over	10.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Hill	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	85.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	1.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Hill	Lewistown
No high school diploma	5.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Hill	Lewistown
Drove alone	90.9%	71.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Hill	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	76.1%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Church Hill	Lewistown
Poverty rate	11.7%	32.5%
Average household size	2.09	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1976	1938