Linntown vs New Columbia

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

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

Linntown has the higher population (1,818 vs 914 in New Columbia). Linntown has the higher median household income ($108,716 vs $92,250 in New Columbia). Linntown has the higher median home value ($245,100 vs $175,000 in New Columbia).

Population, income & housing

	Linntown	New Columbia
Population	1,818	914
Median age	39.9 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$108,716	$92,250
Median home value	$245,100	$175,000
Median gross rent	$1,486	—
Housing units	794	409
Homeownership rate	66.7%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linntown	New Columbia
Population	1,421 → 1,818 (+27.9%)	1,077 → 914 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$85,188 → $108,716 (+27.6%)	$56,108 → $92,250 (+64.4%)
Median home value	$197,700 → $245,100 (+24.0%)	$146,500 → $175,000 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,159 → $1,486 (+28.2%)	—

Linntown

Population

1,4211,818

Median household income

$85,188$108,716

Median home value

$197,700$245,100

Median gross rent

$1,159$1,486

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)

	Linntown	New Columbia
Under 5	8.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	4.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	25.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	6.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	33.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.2%
75 and over	5.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linntown	New Columbia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	99.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linntown	New Columbia
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	23.9%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linntown	New Columbia
Drove alone	82.8%	92.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linntown	New Columbia
1-unit, detached	81.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linntown	New Columbia
Poverty rate	5.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1959	1977