Emerald Lakes vs Penn Estates

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

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

Penn Estates has the higher population (3,691 vs 2,839 in Emerald Lakes). Emerald Lakes has the higher median household income ($101,688 vs $91,080 in Penn Estates). Emerald Lakes has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $233,200 in Penn Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
Population	2,839	3,691
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,688	$91,080
Median home value	$259,900	$233,200
Median gross rent	$1,016	$2,188
Housing units	1,625	1,786
Homeownership rate	84.7%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
Population	3,495 → 2,839 (-18.8%)	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $101,688 (+50.6%)	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $259,900 (+66.7%)	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,400 → $1,016 (-27.4%)	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)

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

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)

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	26.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	23.7%	22.4%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	29.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	5.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	46.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
Drove alone	73.5%	50.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	19.6%
Public transit	1.1%	13.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
1-unit, detached	96.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Lakes	Penn Estates
Poverty rate	4.1%	24.0%
Average household size	2.55	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	34	52
Median year structure built	1990	1988