Mount Pocono vs Penn Estates

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

Mount Pocono 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 3,086 in Mount Pocono). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $86,096 in Mount Pocono). Penn Estates has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $170,000 in Mount Pocono).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
Population	3,086	3,691
Median age	47.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,096	$91,080
Median home value	$170,000	$233,200
Median gross rent	$840	$2,188
Housing units	1,403	1,786
Homeownership rate	64.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
Population	3,096 → 3,086 (-0.3%)	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$47,071 → $86,096 (+82.9%)	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $170,000 (+24.3%)	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $840 (+1.1%)	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)

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

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)

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
Under 5	4.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	22.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.4%
75 and over	11.5%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	29.2%
Black or African American	16.5%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
No high school diploma	15.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	39.3%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
Drove alone	63.7%	50.7%
Carpooled	23.1%	19.6%
Public transit	3.1%	13.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.8%
Other means	3.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
1-unit, detached	62.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pocono	Penn Estates
Poverty rate	8.3%	24.0%
Average household size	2.37	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	51	52
Median year structure built	1984	1988