Lake Latonka vs Mercer

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Latonka and Mercer: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Latonka and Mercer are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mercer has the higher population (1,847 vs 741 in Lake Latonka). Lake Latonka has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $44,865 in Mercer). Lake Latonka has the higher median home value ($354,500 vs $130,300 in Mercer).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
Population	741	1,847
Median age	57.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,813	$44,865
Median home value	$354,500	$130,300
Median gross rent	—	$644
Housing units	521	932
Homeownership rate	97.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
Population	844 → 741 (-12.2%)	1,784 → 1,847 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$81,641 → $107,813 (+32.1%)	$48,015 → $44,865 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $354,500 (+46.1%)	$112,700 → $130,300 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $2,167 (+55.2%)	$584 → $644 (+10.3%)

Lake Latonka

Population

844741

Median household income

$81,641$107,813

Median home value

$242,700$354,500

Median gross rent

$1,396$2,167

Mercer

Population

1,7841,847

Median household income

$48,015$44,865

Median home value

$112,700$130,300

Median gross rent

$584$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
Under 5	2.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	21.1%	12.6%
75 and over	13.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
No high school diploma	0.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	25.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
Drove alone	78.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	10.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
1-unit, detached	99.6%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Latonka	Mercer
Poverty rate	2.4%	15.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1987	1951