Indian Mountain Lake vs Penn Estates

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

Indian Mountain Lake and Penn Estates 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 3,691 in Penn Estates). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $76,426 in Indian Mountain Lake). Penn Estates has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $205,200 in Indian Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
Population	4,399	3,691
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,426	$91,080
Median home value	$205,200	$233,200
Median gross rent	$1,247	$2,188
Housing units	2,446	1,786
Homeownership rate	83.1%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
Population	4,719 → 4,399 (-6.8%)	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$64,201 → $76,426 (+19.0%)	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $205,200 (+33.0%)	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,608 → $1,247 (-22.5%)	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)

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

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)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
Under 5	4.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	1.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	22.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.4%
75 and over	8.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	29.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	48.4%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
Drove alone	71.1%	50.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	19.6%
Public transit	2.1%	13.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
1-unit, detached	94.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Indian Mountain Lake	Penn Estates
Poverty rate	11.2%	24.0%
Average household size	2.75	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	40	52
Median year structure built	1989	1988