Dawson vs Deer Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Dawson and Deer Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Dawson and Deer Lake are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer Lake has the higher population (438 vs 387 in Dawson). Deer Lake has the higher median household income ($130,208 vs $53,594 in Dawson). Deer Lake has the higher median home value ($240,600 vs $89,100 in Dawson).

Population, income & housing

	Dawson	Deer Lake
Population	387	438
Median age	40.8 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,594	$130,208
Median home value	$89,100	$240,600
Median gross rent	$910	—
Housing units	176	316
Homeownership rate	73.3%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dawson	Deer Lake
Population	448 → 387 (-13.6%)	388 → 438 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $53,594 (+15.9%)	$76,375 → $130,208 (+70.5%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $89,100 (+36.2%)	$323,300 → $240,600 (-25.6%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $910 (+16.4%)	—

Dawson

Population

448387

Median household income

$46,250$53,594

Median home value

$65,400$89,100

Median gross rent

$782$910

Deer Lake

Population

388438

Median household income

$76,375$130,208

Median home value

$323,300$240,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dawson	Deer Lake
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	21.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.8%
75 and over	6.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dawson	Deer Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dawson	Deer Lake
No high school diploma	13.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.3%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dawson	Deer Lake
Drove alone	74.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dawson	Deer Lake
1-unit, detached	94.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dawson	Deer Lake
Poverty rate	25.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1938	1972