Laboratory vs Speers

A side-by-side comparison of Laboratory and Speers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Speers has the higher population (1,061 vs 993 in Laboratory). Laboratory has the higher median household income ($94,145 vs $67,292 in Speers). Laboratory has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $153,600 in Speers).

Population, income & housing

	Laboratory	Speers
Population	993	1,061
Median age	37.2 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,145	$67,292
Median home value	$214,600	$153,600
Median gross rent	—	$983
Housing units	319	579
Homeownership rate	75.5%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laboratory	Speers
Population	—	1,067 → 1,061 (-0.6%)
Median household income	—	$70,060 → $67,292 (-4.0%)
Median home value	—	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$797 → $983 (+23.3%)

Laboratory

Speers

Population

1,0671,061

Median household income

$70,060$67,292

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$797$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laboratory	Speers
Under 5	13.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	18.4%
75 and over	6.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laboratory	Speers
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laboratory	Speers
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	41.6%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laboratory	Speers
Drove alone	89.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laboratory	Speers
1-unit, detached	80.6%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laboratory	Speers
Poverty rate	15.3%	11.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1953	1952