Lumber City vs Newton Hamilton

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

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

Newton Hamilton has the higher population (248 vs 230 in Lumber City). Lumber City has the higher median home value ($107,500 vs $67,000 in Newton Hamilton). Since 2019, Newton Hamilton's population has grown faster (+73.4% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
Population	230	248
Median age	58.7 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,583
Median home value	$107,500	$67,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	112	98
Homeownership rate	100.0%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	33.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
Population	284 → 230 (-19.0%)	143 → 248 (+73.4%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $63,281 (+23.5%)	$55,000 → $69,583 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $107,500 (+20.4%)	$68,800 → $67,000 (-2.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$817 → $1,100 (+34.6%)

Lumber City

Population

284230

Median household income

$51,250$63,281

Median home value

$89,300$107,500

Newton Hamilton

Population

143248

Median household income

$55,000$69,583

Median home value

$68,800$67,000

Median gross rent

$817$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
Under 5	0.0%	16.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	5.6%
18 to 24	15.7%	22.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	21.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	19.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	6.1%	8.9%
65 to 74	21.7%	5.2%
75 and over	26.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	75.9%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
Drove alone	100.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Lumber City	Newton Hamilton
Poverty rate	27.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	15	65
Median year structure built	1942	1947