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40.87° N · 79.92° W · GEOID 4235364

Homeacre-Lyndora

Butler County, Pennsylvania · part of the Pittsburgh, PA metro

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The short answer

Homeacre-Lyndora is home to 6,783 people. Median household income is $74,217 a year and median rent is $928 a month, 15.0% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $202,800, about 2.7x annual median household income.

Homeacre-Lyndora stands out for what is close at hand. About 19 km of named paths and bike trails are mapped in and around the city, more than in 97% of places its size. Also notable: 1% of residents were born outside the US, fewer than in 99% of places its size. It is the 2nd-lowest of 209 Pennsylvania places we track.

69OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Above average

Homeacre-Lyndora scores better than 69% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 115th of 271 in Pennsylvania.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%87
Economy 20%38
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%60
Education 10%52
Commute 10%36
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$928
32% below the median place
Median household income
$74,217
8% below the median place
Median home value
$202,800
37% below the median place
Unemployment
5.8%
19% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Homeacre-Lyndora

  • How it is changingHousehold income rose 6% a year while rent rose 2% between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay gained on rent more than in 82% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Homeacre-Lyndora

Butler County gains about 3.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in7,514
Moved out6,914
Net+600

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Allegheny County, PA2,9101,713+1,197
Beaver County, PA397501−104
Armstrong County, PA245274−29

Within Pennsylvania, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within PennsylvaniaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$93K
Leavers$92K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Butler County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
4.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.3% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Butler County report $93,000 a year in income on average; those leaving, $92,000.
Income you would need
$37,100 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $928 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,376 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $202,800.
Getting to work
27 minutes each way on average; 11.3% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Hamburg, NY matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
4.0%
29% below the median place
Income of households moving out7
$91,995
31% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$93,008
32% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureHomeacre-LyndoraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year14.0%29% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.3%35% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure3.5above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$93,00832% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$91,99531% above
02

What it costs to live here

The median rent takes 15% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 83% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.

Homeacre-Lyndora15.0%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$37,120
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
15.0%
26% below the median place
Home price to income
2.7x
28% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
15%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$63,300
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Homeacre-Lyndora, $928 a month, and local prices for everything else (99.3 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Homeacre-Lyndora, but easier on the budget

Places that match Homeacre-Lyndora on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Hamburg, NY9011.7% vs 15.0%$36,700Compare
Carroll, IA8912.4% vs 15.0%n/aCompare

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Median year built1
1959
1% below the median place
Renters paying 30%+1
40.6%
20% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,376
26% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureHomeacre-LyndoraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$92832% below
Rent to income115.0%26% below
Property tax rate11.1%22% above
Home price to income12.7x28% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure94.76% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,38914% below
HUD area median income4County figure$110,4003% above
Property tax paid (median)1$2,25431% below
Median home value1$202,80037% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure3.9%23% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure40.8%21% below
Homeownership170.7%7% above
Renters paying 30%+140.6%20% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,37626% below
Vacant homes19.0%27% above
Median year built119591% below
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Unemployment1
5.8%
19% above the median place
Income per person1
$46,125
15% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Mean commute27 min +10%
Median household income$74,217 −8%
Works from home11.3% −10%
Poverty rate11.0% +2%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureHomeacre-LyndoraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$74,2178% below
Income per person1$46,12515% above
Unemployment15.8%19% above
Average annual pay6County figure$67,8643% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure3.5%5% below
Jobs6County figure89,07741% below
Poverty rate111.0%2% above
Mean commute127 min10% above
Works from home111.3%10% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Born abroad is 0.8%, 91% below the median place.

Born abroad1
0.8%
91% below the median place
Median age1
47.7
22% above the median place
No health insurance1
2.9%
55% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Homes with broadband87.6% −5%
Household size2.3 −10%
Bachelor's or higher33.2% +4%
High school or higher92.5% +0%
All 8 people measures
MeasureHomeacre-LyndoraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population16,7835509th largest
Median age147.722% above
Bachelor's or higher133.2%4% above
High school or higher192.5%0% above
Household size12.310% below
Born abroad10.8%91% below
No health insurance12.9%55% below
Homes with broadband187.6%5% below
05

Life in Homeacre-Lyndora

OpenStreetMap shows 10.3 grocery stores per 10,000 residents, more than in 97% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.

13 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, one of them a National Historic Landmark. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents5.9 −42%
Playgrounds per 10k17.7 +88%
Grocery stores per 10k10.3 4.9×
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k32.4 2.9×
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails19 km 9.3×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.1 −29%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Oil Region National Heritage Area 40 miles
  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial 70 miles
  • Fort Necessity National Battlefield 75 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.0 −13%
Shops34.0 +12%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.7 +15%
Doctors' offices and clinics24.3 +20%
Child care centers2.5 +9%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
40.3
31% above the median place
Public school students12
24,616
above the median place (median 4,897)
Public schools12
39
333% above the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureHomeacre-LyndoraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure39333% above
Public school students12County figure24,616above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure13.413% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure18.013% below
Shops per 10k8County figure34.012% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure4.715% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure24.320% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.59% above
Parks per 10k95.942% below
Playgrounds per 10k917.788% above
Grocery stores per 10k910.3387% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k932.4191% above
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails918.6above (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.129% below
Nearest National Park Service site1040.331% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10150% below
National Register listings11County figure130% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Heat wave risk is 41.1, 54% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Homeacre-Lyndora. Larger places are fetched first.

Heat wave risk14
41.1
54% below the median place
Good air days15
43.0%
37% below the median place
Median air quality index15
53
23% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureHomeacre-LyndoraAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure83°F4% below
January average low13County figure19°F25% below
Average temperature13County figure50°F9% below
Annual precipitation13County figure43.3 in1% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure79.314% below
Hurricane risk14County figure57.019% below
Tornado risk14County figure59.827% below
Wildfire risk14County figure39.036% below
Heat wave risk14County figure41.154% below
Median air quality index15Metro figure5323% above
Good air days15Metro figure43.0%37% below
08

Homeacre-Lyndora in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 15% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 15% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Homeacre-Lyndora does better than 88% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 9%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$928/mo (2024)$1,170/mo$960 to $1,430/mo+4.0%
Median household income$74,217 (2024)$95,000$80,000 to $112,000+4.2%
Median home value$202,800 (2024)$281,000$204,000 to $387,000+5.6%

The median home would be worth 3.0 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Homeacre-Lyndora

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Old Forge, PA$859$71,812Compare
Shields, MI$941$82,125Compare
Archbald, PA$966$71,936Compare
Lower Burrell, PA$911$84,602Compare
Lower Burrell, PAArchbald, PAShields, MIOld Forge, PAHomeacre-Lyndora, PAHomeacre-LyndoraOld ForgeShieldsLower BurrellHomeacre-LyndoraOld ForgeShieldsLower Burrell

Places built like Homeacre-Lyndora

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Homeacre-Lyndora performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Homeacre-Lyndora, PA15.0%6.0%/yrn/a
Old Forge, PA14.4%4.5%/yr1.4%Compare
Natrona Heights, PA16.1%-2.0%/yrn/aCompare
Monessen, PA16.6%3.8%/yr-3.2%Compare
Palmyra, NJ22.7%4.3%/yr2.9%Compare
Seneca Falls, NY19.1%4.7%/yrn/aCompare
Yardville, NJ19.3%-0.7%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Homeacre-Lyndora a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 69 out of 100, better than 69% of the places we rate and 115th of 271 in Pennsylvania. Household income rose 6% a year while rent rose 2% between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay gained on rent more than in 82% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 74 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Homeacre-Lyndora expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 15.0% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $202,800.

What salary do you need to live in Homeacre-Lyndora?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $37,120 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Homeacre-Lyndora?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Old Forge, PA, Shields, MI, Archbald, PA and Lower Burrell, PA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Homeacre-Lyndora with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Homeacre-Lyndora itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/homeacre-lyndora-pennsylvania

Citytistics. “Homeacre-Lyndora, Pennsylvania.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/homeacre-lyndora-pennsylvania/

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