Laceyville vs Meshoppen

A side-by-side comparison of Laceyville and Meshoppen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meshoppen has the higher population (402 vs 373 in Laceyville). Meshoppen has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $68,500 in Laceyville). Meshoppen has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $125,000 in Laceyville).

Population, income & housing

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
Population	373	402
Median age	42.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,500	$73,333
Median home value	$125,000	$149,500
Median gross rent	$882	$1,109
Housing units	163	160
Homeownership rate	46.1%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
Population	410 → 373 (-9.0%)	505 → 402 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $68,500 (+44.2%)	$46,875 → $73,333 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $125,000 (+10.6%)	$119,200 → $149,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $882 (+15.6%)	$896 → $1,109 (+23.8%)

Laceyville

Population

410373

Median household income

$47,500$68,500

Median home value

$113,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$763$882

Meshoppen

Population

505402

Median household income

$46,875$73,333

Median home value

$119,200$149,500

Median gross rent

$896$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
Under 5	2.4%	10.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	4.0%
75 and over	4.8%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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	0.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
No high school diploma	24.0%	20.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
Drove alone	81.2%	84.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
1-unit, detached	52.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	33.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Laceyville	Meshoppen
Poverty rate	8.8%	17.9%
Average household size	2.45	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1965	1941