Lake Latonka vs Wheatland

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

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

Lake Latonka has the higher population (741 vs 703 in Wheatland). Lake Latonka has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $43,625 in Wheatland). Lake Latonka has the higher median home value ($354,500 vs $64,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
Population	741	703
Median age	57.7 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,813	$43,625
Median home value	$354,500	$64,600
Median gross rent	—	$796
Housing units	521	322
Homeownership rate	97.4%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
Population	844 → 741 (-12.2%)	589 → 703 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$81,641 → $107,813 (+32.1%)	$32,206 → $43,625 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $354,500 (+46.1%)	$58,700 → $64,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $2,167 (+55.2%)	$682 → $796 (+16.7%)

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

Wheatland

Population

589703

Median household income

$32,206$43,625

Median home value

$58,700$64,600

Median gross rent

$682$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
Under 5	2.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.8%
55 to 64	20.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	21.1%	8.1%
75 and over	13.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.0%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
No high school diploma	0.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
Drove alone	78.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.5%
Other means	1.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	99.6%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Latonka	Wheatland
Poverty rate	2.4%	33.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	12
Median year structure built	1987	1954