Emerald Lakes vs Mount Pocono

A side-by-side comparison of Emerald Lakes and Mount Pocono: population, income, housing, and more.

Emerald Lakes and Mount Pocono are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Pocono has the higher population (3,086 vs 2,839 in Emerald Lakes). Emerald Lakes has the higher median household income ($101,688 vs $86,096 in Mount Pocono). Emerald Lakes has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $170,000 in Mount Pocono).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
Population	2,839	3,086
Median age	42.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,688	$86,096
Median home value	$259,900	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,016	$840
Housing units	1,625	1,403
Homeownership rate	84.7%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
Population	3,495 → 2,839 (-18.8%)	3,096 → 3,086 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $101,688 (+50.6%)	$47,071 → $86,096 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $259,900 (+66.7%)	$136,800 → $170,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,400 → $1,016 (-27.4%)	$831 → $840 (+1.1%)

Emerald Lakes

Population

3,4952,839

Median household income

$67,500$101,688

Median home value

$155,900$259,900

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,016

Mount Pocono

Population

3,0963,086

Median household income

$47,071$86,096

Median home value

$136,800$170,000

Median gross rent

$831$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	26.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	23.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	4.2%	14.0%
75 and over	0.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	42.6%
Black or African American	7.1%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
No high school diploma	5.8%	15.7%
High school graduate	46.8%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
Drove alone	73.5%	63.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	23.1%
Public transit	1.1%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
1-unit, detached	96.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Lakes	Mount Pocono
Poverty rate	4.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	34	51
Median year structure built	1990	1984