Deer Lake vs Smock

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

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

Smock has the higher population (479 vs 438 in Deer Lake). Deer Lake has the higher median household income ($130,208 vs $46,964 in Smock). Deer Lake has the higher median home value ($240,600 vs $107,000 in Smock).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Lake	Smock
Population	438	479
Median age	61.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$130,208	$46,964
Median home value	$240,600	$107,000
Housing units	316	350
Homeownership rate	95.1%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Lake	Smock
Population	388 → 438 (+12.9%)	511 → 479 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$76,375 → $130,208 (+70.5%)	$52,250 → $46,964 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$323,300 → $240,600 (-25.6%)	$90,800 → $107,000 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$919 → $862 (-6.2%)

Deer Lake

Population

388438

Median household income

$76,375$130,208

Median home value

$323,300$240,600

Smock

Population

511479

Median household income

$52,250$46,964

Median home value

$90,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$919$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Lake	Smock
Under 5	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	21.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	20.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	20.8%	4.0%
75 and over	10.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Lake	Smock
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Lake	Smock
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Lake	Smock
Drove alone	86.1%	91.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Lake	Smock
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Lake	Smock
Poverty rate	7.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1972	1938