Lampeter, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Lampeter CDP is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 2,094 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #646 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 33.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Lampeter CDP earn a median of $72,281 a year, 8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 3.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lampeter CDP is valued at $361,000, 19% above the national figure and 87% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,424 a month, 1.3% above the national figure, or roughly $17,088 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 51.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.