Indian Mountain Lake vs Mount Pocono

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

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

Indian Mountain Lake has the higher population (4,399 vs 3,086 in Mount Pocono). Mount Pocono has the higher median household income ($86,096 vs $76,426 in Indian Mountain Lake). Indian Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $170,000 in Mount Pocono).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
Population	4,399	3,086
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,426	$86,096
Median home value	$205,200	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,247	$840
Housing units	2,446	1,403
Homeownership rate	83.1%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
Population	4,719 → 4,399 (-6.8%)	3,096 → 3,086 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$64,201 → $76,426 (+19.0%)	$47,071 → $86,096 (+82.9%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $205,200 (+33.0%)	$136,800 → $170,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,608 → $1,247 (-22.5%)	$831 → $840 (+1.1%)

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

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)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
Under 5	4.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	1.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.0%
75 and over	8.4%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	42.6%
Black or African American	5.7%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.7%
High school graduate	48.4%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
Drove alone	71.1%	63.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	23.1%
Public transit	2.1%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
1-unit, detached	94.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Mountain Lake	Mount Pocono
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	40	51
Median year structure built	1989	1984