Delaware Water Gap vs Saylorsburg

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

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

Saylorsburg has the higher population (823 vs 602 in Delaware Water Gap). Saylorsburg has the higher median household income ($87,731 vs $64,083 in Delaware Water Gap). Delaware Water Gap has the higher median home value ($248,400 vs $211,400 in Saylorsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
Population	602	823
Median age	51.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,083	$87,731
Median home value	$248,400	$211,400
Median gross rent	$1,070	$1,380
Housing units	337	776
Homeownership rate	62.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
Population	699 → 602 (-13.9%)	1,042 → 823 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$74,583 → $64,083 (-14.1%)	$58,484 → $87,731 (+50.0%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $248,400 (+31.8%)	$167,200 → $211,400 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,070 (-6.0%)	$1,305 → $1,380 (+5.7%)

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

Saylorsburg

Population

1,042823

Median household income

$58,484$87,731

Median home value

$167,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	6.6%
18 to 24	15.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	33.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	23.6%	32.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	3.3%
75 and over	9.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	64.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	26.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
Drove alone	86.8%	95.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	2.3%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
1-unit, detached	64.4%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	38.3%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware Water Gap	Saylorsburg
Poverty rate	14.1%	14.5%
Average household size	1.97	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	83
Median year structure built	1938	1969