Highland Park vs Lewistown

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

Highland Park 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 1,417 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($64,044 vs $40,179 in Lewistown). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $98,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Lewistown
Population	1,417	8,505
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,044	$40,179
Median home value	$182,000	$98,600
Median gross rent	$918	$765
Housing units	563	4,470
Homeownership rate	66.7%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Lewistown
Population	1,504 → 1,417 (-5.8%)	8,194 → 8,505 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$35,861 → $64,044 (+78.6%)	$35,573 → $40,179 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $182,000 (+14.7%)	$74,600 → $98,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $918 (+24.9%)	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)

Highland Park

Population

1,5041,417

Median household income

$35,861$64,044

Median home value

$158,700$182,000

Median gross rent

$735$918

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)

	Highland Park	Lewistown
Under 5	8.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	4.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.7%
75 and over	14.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Lewistown
No high school diploma	8.7%	16.7%
High school graduate	49.2%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Lewistown
Drove alone	51.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	40.3%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	68.6%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Lewistown
Poverty rate	2.6%	32.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1964	1938