Hickory Hills vs Penn Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory Hills and Penn Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Hickory Hills 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.

Penn Lake Park has the higher population (343 vs 328 in Hickory Hills). Penn Lake Park has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $49,125 in Hickory Hills). Penn Lake Park has the higher median home value ($233,000 vs $119,400 in Hickory Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
Population	328	343
Median age	58.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$79,375
Median home value	$119,400	$233,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,250
Housing units	386	251
Homeownership rate	68.2%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
Population	369 → 328 (-11.1%)	369 → 343 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$42,800 → $49,125 (+14.8%)	$94,286 → $79,375 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $119,400 (+27.3%)	$214,300 → $233,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,625 → $2,250 (-14.3%)

Hickory Hills

Population

369328

Median household income

$42,800$49,125

Median home value

$93,800$119,400

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)

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
Under 5	2.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	6.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	19.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	24.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	24.1%	22.7%
75 and over	6.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	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	9.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	72.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
Drove alone	100.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
1-unit, detached	96.9%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Hickory Hills	Penn Lake Park
Poverty rate	16.5%	0.6%
Average household size	1.63	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	1986	1969