Bear Creek Village vs Penn Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Creek Village and Penn Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear Creek Village and Penn Lake Park are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bear Creek Village has the higher population (356 vs 343 in Penn Lake Park). Bear Creek Village has the higher median household income ($172,500 vs $79,375 in Penn Lake Park). Bear Creek Village has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $233,000 in Penn Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
Population	356	343
Median age	34.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$172,500	$79,375
Median home value	$365,500	$233,000
Median gross rent	$1,750	$2,250
Housing units	171	251
Homeownership rate	97.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.2%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
Population	241 → 356 (+47.7%)	369 → 343 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$130,417 → $172,500 (+32.3%)	$94,286 → $79,375 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$302,300 → $365,500 (+20.9%)	$214,300 → $233,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,750 (+16.7%)	$2,625 → $2,250 (-14.3%)

Bear Creek Village

Population

241356

Median household income

$130,417$172,500

Median home value

$302,300$365,500

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,750

Penn Lake Park

Population

369343

Median household income

$94,286$79,375

Median home value

$214,300$233,000

Median gross rent

$2,625$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	28.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	3.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	22.7%
75 and over	7.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	5.2%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	45.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
Drove alone	76.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
1-unit, detached	90.6%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear Creek Village	Penn Lake Park
Poverty rate	3.9%	0.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	45	30
Median year structure built	1974	1969