East Stroudsburg vs Indian Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of East Stroudsburg and Indian Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Stroudsburg has the higher population (9,278 vs 4,399 in Indian Mountain Lake). Indian Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($76,426 vs $61,792 in East Stroudsburg). Indian Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $199,200 in East Stroudsburg).

Population, income & housing

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
Population	9,278	4,399
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,792	$76,426
Median home value	$199,200	$205,200
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,247
Housing units	3,237	2,446
Homeownership rate	55.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
Population	10,333 → 9,278 (-10.2%)	4,719 → 4,399 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$51,016 → $61,792 (+21.1%)	$64,201 → $76,426 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $199,200 (+35.7%)	$154,300 → $205,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,124 → $1,375 (+22.3%)	$1,608 → $1,247 (-22.5%)

East Stroudsburg

Population

10,3339,278

Median household income

$51,016$61,792

Median home value

$146,800$199,200

Median gross rent

$1,124$1,375

Indian Mountain Lake

Population

4,7194,399

Median household income

$64,201$76,426

Median home value

$154,300$205,200

Median gross rent

$1,608$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
Under 5	2.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	24.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.4%
75 and over	6.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	64.6%
Black or African American	17.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	13.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
Drove alone	65.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	17.3%
Public transit	3.4%	2.1%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	49.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	East Stroudsburg	Indian Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1959	1989