Demographics of Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania

Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania had 11,470 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −283 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Lower Burrell city, in four figures

11,470
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 11,633 ±24.; −2.4%
Change since July 2020: −283 people.; 46.8 ±3.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $84,602 ±$7,812
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	11,753	100.0	100.0
2021	11,693	99.5	100.2
2022	11,593	98.6	100.7
2023	11,579	98.5	101.6
2024	11,534	98.1	102.5
2025	11,470	97.6	103.1

Population of Lower Burrell city, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	11,753	—
2021	11,693	−60
2022	11,593	−100
2023	11,579	−14
2024	11,534	−45
2025	11,470	−64

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 46.8 ±3.3: for men 47.1 ±3.7 and for women 46.5 ±4.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lower Burrell city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	619 ±253	5.3% ±2.2	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,599 ±278	13.7% ±2.4	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	566 ±161	4.9% ±1.4	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,660 ±363	22.9% ±3.1	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,243 ±486	27.9% ±4.2	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,946 ±383	25.3% ±3.3	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $84,602 ±$7,812, and income per person $46,074 ±$3,897, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Lower Burrell city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	611 ±187	11.7% ±3.6	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	980 ±236	18.8% ±4.4	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	777 ±178	14.9% ±3.4	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	694 ±157	13.3% ±3.0	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,166 ±281	22.4% ±5.3	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	634 ±183	12.2% ±3.5	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	350 ±157	6.7% ±3.0	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Lower Burrell city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	894 ±383	7.8% ±3.3	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	82 to 382	4.1% to 17.6%	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	133 to 393	4.8% ±2.3	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	399 ±154	10.4% ±3.8	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lower Burrell city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lower Burrell city	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	5,403 ±258	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.5% ±6.3	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	1.2% to 5.9%	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	84.5% ±2.9	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	15.5% ±3.6	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$198,600 ±$9,865	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$911 ±$142	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1962 ±3	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Lower Burrell city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	66 to 290	0.6% to 2.5%	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	11,011 ±220	94.7% ±1.9	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	32 to 194	0.3% to 1.7%	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	11 to 113	0.1% to 1.0%	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 9	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 31	0% to 0.3%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.2%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	112 to 394	1.0% to 3.4%	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Lower Burrell city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	10,197 ±346	87.7% ±3.0	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,264 ±330	10.9% ±2.8	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 159	0% to 1.4%	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	28 to 160	0.2% to 1.4%	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	21 to 147	0.2% to 1.3%	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 28	0% to 0.2%	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Lower Burrell city among the places of Pennsylvania

71st of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Lower Burrell city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Yeadon borough	12,181 ±20
New Kensington city	12,011 ±31
Elizabethtown borough	11,925 ±21
Emmaus borough	11,889 ±20
Mountain Top CDP	11,850 ±397
Lower Burrell city	11,633 ±24
Shiloh CDP	11,246 ±751
Wyomissing borough	11,172 ±29
Lansdowne borough	11,122 ±25
Waynesboro borough	11,047 ±34
Progress CDP	11,017 ±1,237

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Pennsylvania by median age
No. 12 Places in Pennsylvania by homeownership rate
No. 43 Places in Pennsylvania by per capita income
No. 49 Places in Pennsylvania by median household income
No. 81 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate
No. 123 Places in Pennsylvania by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026