Red Lion vs Weigelstown

A side-by-side comparison of Red Lion and Weigelstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weigelstown has the higher population (15,401 vs 6,494 in Red Lion). Weigelstown has the higher median household income ($70,333 vs $63,672 in Red Lion). Weigelstown has the higher median home value ($202,100 vs $172,000 in Red Lion).

Population, income & housing

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
Population	6,494	15,401
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,672	$70,333
Median home value	$172,000	$202,100
Median gross rent	$863	$1,358
Housing units	2,841	6,734
Homeownership rate	59.4%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
Population	6,322 → 6,494 (+2.7%)	12,812 → 15,401 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$58,003 → $63,672 (+9.8%)	$54,298 → $70,333 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$119,500 → $172,000 (+43.9%)	$148,300 → $202,100 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $863 (+4.6%)	$1,070 → $1,358 (+26.9%)

Red Lion

Population

6,3226,494

Median household income

$58,003$63,672

Median home value

$119,500$172,000

Median gross rent

$825$863

Weigelstown

Population

12,81215,401

Median household income

$54,298$70,333

Median home value

$148,300$202,100

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	21.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.2%
75 and over	7.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
No high school diploma	14.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	41.5%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
Drove alone	79.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	4.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
1-unit, detached	29.7%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	32.6%	24.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Red Lion	Weigelstown
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1944	1990