Lake Latonka vs West Middlesex

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

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

West Middlesex has the higher population (1,063 vs 741 in Lake Latonka). Lake Latonka has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $82,500 in West Middlesex). Lake Latonka has the higher median home value ($354,500 vs $156,100 in West Middlesex).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
Population	741	1,063
Median age	57.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,813	$82,500
Median home value	$354,500	$156,100
Median gross rent	—	$792
Housing units	521	452
Homeownership rate	97.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
Population	844 → 741 (-12.2%)	861 → 1,063 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$81,641 → $107,813 (+32.1%)	$46,354 → $82,500 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $354,500 (+46.1%)	$96,600 → $156,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $2,167 (+55.2%)	$641 → $792 (+23.6%)

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

West Middlesex

Population

8611,063

Median household income

$46,354$82,500

Median home value

$96,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$641$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
Under 5	2.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	5.3%	26.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	20.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	21.1%	10.7%
75 and over	13.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
No high school diploma	0.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
Drove alone	78.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	6.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
1-unit, detached	99.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Latonka	West Middlesex
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	36	21
Median year structure built	1987	1946