New Columbus vs Penn Lake Park

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

New Columbus 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 273 in New Columbus). Penn Lake Park has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $36,071 in New Columbus). Penn Lake Park has the higher median home value ($233,000 vs $176,100 in New Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
Population	273	343
Median age	52.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,071	$79,375
Median home value	$176,100	$233,000
Median gross rent	—	$2,250
Housing units	123	251
Homeownership rate	88.8%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
Population	182 → 273 (+50.0%)	369 → 343 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $36,071 (-29.6%)	$94,286 → $79,375 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $176,100 (+25.8%)	$214,300 → $233,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)	$2,625 → $2,250 (-14.3%)

New Columbus

Population

182273

Median household income

$51,250$36,071

Median home value

$140,000$176,100

Median gross rent

$975$1,219

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)

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
Under 5	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	22.7%
75 and over	26.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	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	1.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	63.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
Drove alone	58.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
1-unit, detached	84.6%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Columbus	Penn Lake Park
Poverty rate	16.8%	0.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1969	1969