East Stroudsburg vs Penn Estates

A side-by-side comparison of East Stroudsburg and Penn Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

East Stroudsburg and Penn Estates 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 3,691 in Penn Estates). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $61,792 in East Stroudsburg). Penn Estates has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $199,200 in East Stroudsburg).

Population, income & housing

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
Population	9,278	3,691
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,792	$91,080
Median home value	$199,200	$233,200
Median gross rent	$1,375	$2,188
Housing units	3,237	1,786
Homeownership rate	55.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
Population	10,333 → 9,278 (-10.2%)	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$51,016 → $61,792 (+21.1%)	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $199,200 (+35.7%)	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,124 → $1,375 (+22.3%)	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)

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

Penn Estates

Population

5,3633,691

Median household income

$75,492$91,080

Median home value

$161,700$233,200

Median gross rent

$1,229$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
Under 5	2.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	24.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	22.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.6%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	29.2%
Black or African American	17.5%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.5%	3.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
No high school diploma	13.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
Drove alone	65.2%	50.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	19.6%
Public transit	3.4%	13.4%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	9.8%
Other means	1.7%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
1-unit, detached	49.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Stroudsburg	Penn Estates
Poverty rate	14.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.71	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	52
Median year structure built	1959	1988