Lewisburg vs New Columbia

A side-by-side comparison of Lewisburg and New Columbia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewisburg has the higher population (5,247 vs 914 in New Columbia). New Columbia has the higher median household income ($92,250 vs $51,674 in Lewisburg). Lewisburg has the higher median home value ($234,100 vs $175,000 in New Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
Population	5,247	914
Median age	26.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,674	$92,250
Median home value	$234,100	$175,000
Median gross rent	$941	—
Housing units	2,151	409
Homeownership rate	37.5%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
Population	5,723 → 5,247 (-8.3%)	1,077 → 914 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$39,830 → $51,674 (+29.7%)	$56,108 → $92,250 (+64.4%)
Median home value	$200,300 → $234,100 (+16.9%)	$146,500 → $175,000 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $941 (+30.0%)	—

Lewisburg

Population

5,7235,247

Median household income

$39,830$51,674

Median home value

$200,300$234,100

Median gross rent

$724$941

New Columbia

Population

1,077914

Median household income

$56,108$92,250

Median home value

$146,500$175,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
Under 5	0.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	41.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	33.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.2%
75 and over	8.3%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	99.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
No high school diploma	13.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
Drove alone	51.0%	92.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	32.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	5.2%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
1-unit, detached	39.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lewisburg	New Columbia
Poverty rate	19.5%	3.0%
Average household size	1.66	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1938	1977