Beech Mountain Lakes vs Glen Lyon

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Mountain Lakes and Glen Lyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Mountain Lakes and Glen Lyon are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Glen Lyon has the higher population (1,956 vs 1,920 in Beech Mountain Lakes). Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $34,416 in Glen Lyon). Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $84,300 in Glen Lyon).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
Population	1,920	1,956
Median age	45.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,154	$34,416
Median home value	$214,900	$84,300
Median gross rent	—	$888
Housing units	811	912
Homeownership rate	93.7%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
Population	1,789 → 1,920 (+7.3%)	1,698 → 1,956 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$76,333 → $121,154 (+58.7%)	$37,667 → $34,416 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $214,900 (+30.1%)	$75,600 → $84,300 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $888 (+26.9%)

Beech Mountain Lakes

Population

1,7891,920

Median household income

$76,333$121,154

Median home value

$165,200$214,900

Glen Lyon

Population

1,6981,956

Median household income

$37,667$34,416

Median home value

$75,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$700$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
Under 5	5.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	7.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	28.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	17.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	15.9%	10.5%
75 and over	7.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	72.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
No high school diploma	1.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
Drove alone	83.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
1-unit, detached	90.6%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Glen Lyon
Poverty rate	7.1%	16.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1997	1938