Lanesboro vs Montrose

A side-by-side comparison of Lanesboro and Montrose: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montrose has the higher population (1,427 vs 628 in Lanesboro). Montrose has the higher median household income ($56,484 vs $33,194 in Lanesboro). Montrose has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $113,500 in Lanesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Lanesboro	Montrose
Population	628	1,427
Median age	35.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,194	$56,484
Median home value	$113,500	$160,000
Median gross rent	$950	$854
Housing units	255	748
Homeownership rate	53.9%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanesboro	Montrose
Population	418 → 628 (+50.2%)	1,517 → 1,427 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $33,194 (-21.9%)	$41,823 → $56,484 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $113,500 (+32.0%)	$140,600 → $160,000 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $950 (+88.5%)	$625 → $854 (+36.6%)

Lanesboro

Population

418628

Median household income

$42,500$33,194

Median home value

$86,000$113,500

Median gross rent

$504$950

Montrose

Population

1,5171,427

Median household income

$41,823$56,484

Median home value

$140,600$160,000

Median gross rent

$625$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanesboro	Montrose
Under 5	11.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	17.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	7.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.8%
75 and over	12.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanesboro	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanesboro	Montrose
No high school diploma	5.7%	14.0%
High school graduate	73.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanesboro	Montrose
Drove alone	58.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	33.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.7%	12.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanesboro	Montrose
1-unit, detached	71.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	14.5%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lanesboro	Montrose
Poverty rate	15.0%	24.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1956	1938