Big Bass Lake vs Vandling

A side-by-side comparison of Big Bass Lake and Vandling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Bass Lake has the higher population (1,388 vs 866 in Vandling). Vandling has the higher median household income ($78,487 vs $54,785 in Big Bass Lake). Big Bass Lake has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $173,500 in Vandling).

Population, income & housing

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
Population	1,388	866
Median age	47.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,785	$78,487
Median home value	$193,100	$173,500
Median gross rent	$1,022	$842
Housing units	1,403	410
Homeownership rate	89.9%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
Population	1,099 → 1,388 (+26.3%)	720 → 866 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $54,785 (-3.8%)	$75,313 → $78,487 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $193,100 (+7.6%)	$119,100 → $173,500 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,356 → $1,022 (-24.6%)	$750 → $842 (+12.3%)

Big Bass Lake

Population

1,0991,388

Median household income

$56,944$54,785

Median home value

$179,500$193,100

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,022

Vandling

Population

720866

Median household income

$75,313$78,487

Median home value

$119,100$173,500

Median gross rent

$750$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
Under 5	2.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	22.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	24.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.7%
75 and over	10.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	44.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
Drove alone	83.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
1-unit, detached	90.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Bass Lake	Vandling
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1984	1970