Kistler vs Lumber City

A side-by-side comparison of Kistler and Lumber City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kistler has the higher population (256 vs 230 in Lumber City). Lumber City has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $90,600 in Kistler). Since 2019, Lumber City's population has grown faster (-19.0% vs -25.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Kistler	Lumber City
Population	256	230
Median age	46.0 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	—
Median home value	$90,600	$107,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	141	112
Homeownership rate	71.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	33.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kistler	Lumber City
Population	345 → 256 (-25.8%)	284 → 230 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$48,000 → $53,750 (+12.0%)	$51,250 → $63,281 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $90,600 (+13.3%)	$89,300 → $107,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $1,000 (+30.9%)	—

Kistler

Population

345256

Median household income

$48,000$53,750

Median home value

$80,000$90,600

Median gross rent

$764$1,000

Lumber City

Population

284230

Median household income

$51,250$63,281

Median home value

$89,300$107,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kistler	Lumber City
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	15.7%
25 to 34	7.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	6.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	21.7%
75 and over	5.1%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kistler	Lumber City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kistler	Lumber City
No high school diploma	8.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	52.0%	75.9%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kistler	Lumber City
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kistler	Lumber City
1-unit, detached	79.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kistler	Lumber City
Poverty rate	15.2%	27.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1938	1942