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East Lansdowne, PA vs Pine Hill, NJ

East Lansdowne

Pennsylvania

vs

Pine Hill

New Jersey

Across 28 directional measures we can compare, East Lansdowne leads on 13 and Pine Hill on 15. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 15% higher in East Lansdowne, while median household income is higher in Pine Hill.

Median gross rent
$1,626$1,411
East Lansdowne is 15% higher
Median household income
$69,000$72,588
East Lansdowne is 5% lower
Median home value
$200,400$204,600
East Lansdowne is 2% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $49,300 a year left in East Lansdowne and $55,400 in Pine Hill. Money goes further in Pine Hill, by about $6,100 a year.
  • A household earning East Lansdowne's median of $69,000 would need about $66,500 in Pine Hill to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 8.1 points a year in East Lansdowne, and rent outran pay by 1.4 points a year in Pine Hill.

How these are calculated

New JerseyPennsylvaniaPine Hill, NJEast Lansdowne, PAEast LansdownePine HillEast LansdownePine Hill

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01Pine Hill, NJComposite 35.3 / 100
15
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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureEast LansdownePine HillAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,626$1,411
Rent to income128.3%23.3%
Property tax rate12.7%3.3%
Home price to income12.9x2.8x
Prices vs US average2102.5102.5
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,860$1,860
HUD area median income4$122,700$122,700
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$5,351$6,713
Median home value1$200,400$204,600
Home prices, 1-year change54.7%5.8%
Home prices, 5-year change552.9%74.2%
Homeownership163.6%59.2%
Renters paying 30%+154.9%57.1%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,919$1,857
Vacant homes17.8%5.2%
Median year built119381977
Jobs and income
Median household income1$69,000$72,588
Income per person1$34,374$38,249
Unemployment16.9%7.9%
Average annual pay6$74,852$70,945
Pay growth, 1 year62.3%2.7%
Jobs6219,222207,142
Poverty rate113.7%15.7%
Mean commute134 min32 min
Works from home118.8%9.5%
Commutes by transit18.5%4.6%
People
Population12,71210,802
Population change since 20207-0.4%1.4%
Median age135.234.9
Bachelor's or higher122.7%21.5%
High school or higher189.7%93.5%
Household size12.32.4
Born abroad127.5%7.0%
No health insurance14.6%5.8%
Homes with broadband191.9%92.8%
Moving
Moved here in the past year15.0%4.9%
Moved from another state11.6%2.0%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-4.1-0.7
Income of households moving in8$97,243$71,881
Income of households moving out8$91,137$75,629
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k919.420.0
Shops per 10k926.830.3
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k94.03.6
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k919.723.4
Child care centers per 10k93.52.4
Parks per 10k107.41.9
Playgrounds per 10k107.411.1
Grocery stores per 10k100.00.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.01.9
Libraries per 10k100.00.0
Named paths and bike trails100.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi100.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site11n/a13.8
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11n/a10
National Register listings121011
Founded or incorporated13n/a1929
Safety
Violent crime per 100k14n/a183
Property crime per 100k14n/a898
Schools
Public schools1524
Public school students158162,016
Students per teacher1513.211.9
Climate
July average high1687°F87°F
January average low1625°F25°F
Average temperature1655°F55°F
Annual precipitation1647.0 in46.9 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1792.993.2
Hurricane risk1788.188.5
Tornado risk1792.584.8
Wildfire risk1727.786.3
Heat wave risk1797.697.0
Median air quality index184444
Good air days1865.2%65.6%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: East Lansdowne $65,040, Pine Hill $56,440 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. 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. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. 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.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  14. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  15. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  16. 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
  17. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  18. 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).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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