Locust Gap vs Snydertown

A side-by-side comparison of Locust Gap and Snydertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Locust Gap and Snydertown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Snydertown has the higher population (292 vs 197 in Locust Gap). Locust Gap has the higher median household income ($69,087 vs $62,292 in Snydertown).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
Population	197	292
Median age	63.1 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,087	$62,292
Median home value	—	$177,500
Housing units	136	138
Homeownership rate	85.5%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
Population	—	282 → 292 (+3.5%)
Median household income	—	$48,194 → $62,292 (+29.3%)
Median home value	—	$151,600 → $177,500 (+17.1%)

Locust Gap

Snydertown

Population

282292

Median household income

$48,194$62,292

Median home value

$151,600$177,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
Under 5	16.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	7.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	22.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	15.4%
75 and over	34.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	77.9%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
Drove alone	100.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
1-unit, detached	21.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	53.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Locust Gap	Snydertown
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1948	1970