Indian Mountain Lake vs Sierra View

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

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

Sierra View has the higher population (5,795 vs 4,399 in Indian Mountain Lake). Sierra View has the higher median household income ($85,250 vs $76,426 in Indian Mountain Lake). Sierra View has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $205,200 in Indian Mountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
Population	4,399	5,795
Median age	41.9 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,426	$85,250
Median home value	$205,200	$239,200
Median gross rent	$1,247	$1,728
Housing units	2,446	1,744
Homeownership rate	83.1%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
Population	4,719 → 4,399 (-6.8%)	4,680 → 5,795 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$64,201 → $76,426 (+19.0%)	$74,632 → $85,250 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $205,200 (+33.0%)	$163,600 → $239,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,608 → $1,247 (-22.5%)	$886 → $1,728 (+95.0%)

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

Sierra View

Population

4,6805,795

Median household income

$74,632$85,250

Median home value

$163,600$239,200

Median gross rent

$886$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
Under 5	4.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	1.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.4%
75 and over	8.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	45.6%
Black or African American	5.7%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	48.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
Drove alone	71.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	17.3%	2.4%
Public transit	2.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
1-unit, detached	94.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.2%
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%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Indian Mountain Lake	Sierra View
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.75	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	40	34
Median year structure built	1989	1990