Oak Lane vs Pennsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Lane and Pennsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pennsburg has the higher population (3,958 vs 3,879 in Oak Lane). Oak Lane has the higher median household income ($130,469 vs $103,698 in Pennsburg). Oak Lane has the higher median home value ($332,400 vs $266,600 in Pennsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
Population	3,879	3,958
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$130,469	$103,698
Median home value	$332,400	$266,600
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,360
Housing units	1,394	1,447
Homeownership rate	93.2%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
Population	—	3,869 → 3,958 (+2.3%)
Median household income	—	$74,688 → $103,698 (+38.8%)
Median home value	—	$205,600 → $266,600 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,073 → $1,360 (+26.7%)

Oak Lane

Pennsburg

Population

3,8693,958

Median household income

$74,688$103,698

Median home value

$205,600$266,600

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
Under 5	2.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.7%
75 and over	13.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	89.2%
Black or African American	53.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	27.6%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
Drove alone	61.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	11.3%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	9.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
1-unit, detached	86.7%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	46.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Lane	Pennsburg
Poverty rate	5.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1955	1971