Delmont vs Lawson Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Delmont and Lawson Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delmont has the higher population (2,604 vs 2,552 in Lawson Heights). Delmont has the higher median household income ($65,291 vs $64,844 in Lawson Heights). Delmont has the higher median home value ($247,000 vs $169,500 in Lawson Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
Population	2,604	2,552
Median age	50.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,291	$64,844
Median home value	$247,000	$169,500
Median gross rent	$773	$1,035
Housing units	1,411	1,237
Homeownership rate	56.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
Population	2,563 → 2,604 (+1.6%)	2,564 → 2,552 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$66,838 → $65,291 (-2.3%)	$76,786 → $64,844 (-15.6%)
Median home value	$181,800 → $247,000 (+35.9%)	$161,800 → $169,500 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $773 (+7.8%)	$855 → $1,035 (+21.1%)

Delmont

Population

2,5632,604

Median household income

$66,838$65,291

Median home value

$181,800$247,000

Median gross rent

$717$773

Lawson Heights

Population

2,5642,552

Median household income

$76,786$64,844

Median home value

$161,800$169,500

Median gross rent

$855$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
Under 5	1.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.8%	6.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	22.0%	12.3%
75 and over	4.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
Drove alone	68.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	7.5%
Other means	2.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
1-unit, detached	58.9%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delmont	Lawson Heights
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1976	1960