Eastlawn Gardens vs Palmer Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Eastlawn Gardens and Palmer Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Eastlawn Gardens and Palmer Heights are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palmer Heights has the higher population (3,963 vs 3,671 in Eastlawn Gardens). Palmer Heights has the higher median household income ($115,292 vs $114,205 in Eastlawn Gardens). Eastlawn Gardens has the higher median home value ($355,700 vs $289,400 in Palmer Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
Population	3,671	3,963
Median age	50.8 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,205	$115,292
Median home value	$355,700	$289,400
Median gross rent	$1,813	$1,411
Housing units	1,418	1,435
Homeownership rate	88.5%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
Population	3,360 → 3,671 (+9.3%)	3,837 → 3,963 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$90,625 → $114,205 (+26.0%)	$81,908 → $115,292 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$260,800 → $355,700 (+36.4%)	$206,800 → $289,400 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,243 → $1,813 (+45.9%)	$1,176 → $1,411 (+20.0%)

Eastlawn Gardens

Population

3,3603,671

Median household income

$90,625$114,205

Median home value

$260,800$355,700

Median gross rent

$1,243$1,813

Palmer Heights

Population

3,8373,963

Median household income

$81,908$115,292

Median home value

$206,800$289,400

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
Under 5	2.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	20.1%	18.7%
55 to 64	20.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.1%
75 and over	10.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
Drove alone	82.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
1-unit, detached	92.5%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastlawn Gardens	Palmer Heights
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1995	1965