Latrobe vs Lower Burrell

A side-by-side comparison of Latrobe and Lower Burrell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lower Burrell has the higher population (11,659 vs 8,002 in Latrobe). Lower Burrell has the higher median household income ($81,860 vs $55,168 in Latrobe). Lower Burrell has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $140,600 in Latrobe).

Population, income & housing

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
Population	8,002	11,659
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,168	$81,860
Median home value	$140,600	$189,700
Median gross rent	$761	$876
Housing units	4,039	5,280
Homeownership rate	67.5%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
Population	7,929 → 8,002 (+0.9%)	11,229 → 11,659 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$53,502 → $55,168 (+3.1%)	$64,696 → $81,860 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $140,600 (+19.4%)	$143,800 → $189,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $761 (+24.3%)	$752 → $876 (+16.5%)

Latrobe

Population

7,9298,002

Median household income

$53,502$55,168

Median home value

$117,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$612$761

Lower Burrell

Population

11,22911,659

Median household income

$64,696$81,860

Median home value

$143,800$189,700

Median gross rent

$752$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
Under 5	3.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	14.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.1%
75 and over	7.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
Drove alone	74.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	4.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	10.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
1-unit, detached	68.8%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Latrobe	Lower Burrell
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1953	1963