Lanesboro vs Thompson

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

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

Lanesboro has the higher population (628 vs 297 in Thompson). Thompson has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $33,194 in Lanesboro). Thompson has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $113,500 in Lanesboro).

Population, income & housing

	Lanesboro	Thompson
Population	628	297
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,194	$62,500
Median home value	$113,500	$134,100
Median gross rent	$950	$1,300
Housing units	255	147
Homeownership rate	53.9%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lanesboro	Thompson
Population	418 → 628 (+50.2%)	330 → 297 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $33,194 (-21.9%)	$45,833 → $62,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $113,500 (+32.0%)	$100,900 → $134,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $950 (+88.5%)	$731 → $1,300 (+77.8%)

Lanesboro

Population

418628

Median household income

$42,500$33,194

Median home value

$86,000$113,500

Median gross rent

$504$950

Thompson

Population

330297

Median household income

$45,833$62,500

Median home value

$100,900$134,100

Median gross rent

$731$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lanesboro	Thompson
Under 5	11.9%	17.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	19.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	5.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.1%
75 and over	12.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lanesboro	Thompson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lanesboro	Thompson
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	73.3%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lanesboro	Thompson
Drove alone	58.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	33.9%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lanesboro	Thompson
1-unit, detached	71.8%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Lanesboro	Thompson
Poverty rate	15.0%	23.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1956	1938