East Stroudsburg vs Stroudsburg

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

East Stroudsburg and Stroudsburg 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 5,898 in Stroudsburg). East Stroudsburg has the higher median household income ($61,792 vs $60,868 in Stroudsburg). Stroudsburg has the higher median home value ($212,700 vs $199,200 in East Stroudsburg).

Population, income & housing

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
Population	9,278	5,898
Median age	36.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,792	$60,868
Median home value	$199,200	$212,700
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,523
Housing units	3,237	2,948
Homeownership rate	55.6%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
Population	10,333 → 9,278 (-10.2%)	5,499 → 5,898 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$51,016 → $61,792 (+21.1%)	$41,984 → $60,868 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $199,200 (+35.7%)	$161,500 → $212,700 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,124 → $1,375 (+22.3%)	$1,006 → $1,523 (+51.4%)

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

Stroudsburg

Population

5,4995,898

Median household income

$41,984$60,868

Median home value

$161,500$212,700

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
Under 5	2.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	24.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	19.0%
75 and over	6.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	54.2%
Black or African American	17.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
No high school diploma	13.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	28.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
Drove alone	65.2%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.4%
Public transit	3.4%	8.8%
Walked	5.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.3%	7.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
1-unit, detached	49.6%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	26.7%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	14.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Stroudsburg	Stroudsburg
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	48
Median year structure built	1959	1955