Penn Lake Park vs Pikes Creek

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

Penn Lake Park and Pikes Creek 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 269 in Pikes Creek). Pikes Creek has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $79,375 in Penn Lake Park). Penn Lake Park has the higher median home value ($233,000 vs $213,000 in Pikes Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
Population	343	269
Median age	52.1 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$80,833
Median home value	$233,000	$213,000
Median gross rent	$2,250	—
Housing units	251	114
Homeownership rate	92.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
Population	369 → 343 (-7.0%)	531 → 269 (-49.3%)
Median household income	$94,286 → $79,375 (-15.8%)	$76,346 → $80,833 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $233,000 (+8.7%)	$206,400 → $213,000 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,625 → $2,250 (-14.3%)	—

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

Pikes Creek

Population

531269

Median household income

$76,346$80,833

Median home value

$206,400$213,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	21.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	23.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	22.7%	6.3%
75 and over	9.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
Drove alone	80.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
1-unit, detached	98.8%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Penn Lake Park	Pikes Creek
Poverty rate	0.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1969	1977