Oak Lane vs Skippack

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

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

Skippack has the higher population (4,006 vs 3,879 in Oak Lane). Skippack has the higher median household income ($143,611 vs $130,469 in Oak Lane). Skippack has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $332,400 in Oak Lane).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Lane	Skippack
Population	3,879	4,006
Median age	47.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$130,469	$143,611
Median home value	$332,400	$478,800
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,750
Housing units	1,394	1,583
Homeownership rate	93.2%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Lane	Skippack
Population	—	3,775 → 4,006 (+6.1%)
Median household income	—	$117,938 → $143,611 (+21.8%)
Median home value	—	$326,600 → $478,800 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,538 → $1,750 (+13.8%)

Oak Lane

Skippack

Population

3,7754,006

Median household income

$117,938$143,611

Median home value

$326,600$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,538$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Lane	Skippack
Under 5	2.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.8%
75 and over	13.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Lane	Skippack
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	53.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.2%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Lane	Skippack
No high school diploma	10.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.6%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Lane	Skippack
Drove alone	61.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.1%	3.6%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	16.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Lane	Skippack
1-unit, detached	86.7%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Lane	Skippack
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1955	1992