Delaware Water Gap vs Mountainhome

A side-by-side comparison of Delaware Water Gap and Mountainhome: population, income, housing, and more.

Delaware Water Gap and Mountainhome are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountainhome has the higher population (880 vs 602 in Delaware Water Gap). Mountainhome has the higher median household income ($88,924 vs $64,083 in Delaware Water Gap). Mountainhome has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $248,400 in Delaware Water Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
Population	602	880
Median age	51.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,083	$88,924
Median home value	$248,400	$252,000
Median gross rent	$1,070	—
Housing units	337	358
Homeownership rate	62.0%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
Population	699 → 602 (-13.9%)	1,047 → 880 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $64,083 (-14.1%)	$33,059 → $88,924 (+169.0%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $248,400 (+31.8%)	$161,600 → $252,000 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,070 (-6.0%)	$835 → $775 (-7.2%)

Delaware Water Gap

Population

699602

Median household income

$74,583$64,083

Median home value

$188,500$248,400

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,070

Mountainhome

Population

1,047880

Median household income

$33,059$88,924

Median home value

$161,600$252,000

Median gross rent

$835$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
Under 5	1.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	6.7%
18 to 24	15.1%	15.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	25.7%
55 to 64	23.6%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	20.2%
75 and over	9.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	64.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.0%	21.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
Drove alone	86.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	7.2%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
1-unit, detached	64.4%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware Water Gap	Mountainhome
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1938	1983