Derry vs Lawson Heights

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

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

Derry has the higher population (2,616 vs 2,552 in Lawson Heights). Lawson Heights has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $49,051 in Derry). Lawson Heights has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $122,200 in Derry).

Population, income & housing

	Derry	Lawson Heights
Population	2,616	2,552
Median age	42.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,051	$64,844
Median home value	$122,200	$169,500
Median gross rent	$593	$1,035
Housing units	1,396	1,237
Homeownership rate	70.2%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derry	Lawson Heights
Population	2,540 → 2,616 (+3.0%)	2,564 → 2,552 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,304 → $49,051 (+1.5%)	$76,786 → $64,844 (-15.6%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $122,200 (+40.6%)	$161,800 → $169,500 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $593 (-5.1%)	$855 → $1,035 (+21.1%)

Derry

Population

2,5402,616

Median household income

$48,304$49,051

Median home value

$86,900$122,200

Median gross rent

$625$593

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)

	Derry	Lawson Heights
Under 5	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.3%
75 and over	10.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derry	Lawson Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	98.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derry	Lawson Heights
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.5%
High school graduate	47.7%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derry	Lawson Heights
Drove alone	81.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derry	Lawson Heights
1-unit, detached	74.2%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.1%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derry	Lawson Heights
Poverty rate	16.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1944	1960