Mount Pocono vs Sierra View

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

Mount Pocono 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 3,086 in Mount Pocono). Mount Pocono has the higher median household income ($86,096 vs $85,250 in Sierra View). Sierra View has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $170,000 in Mount Pocono).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
Population	3,086	5,795
Median age	47.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,096	$85,250
Median home value	$170,000	$239,200
Median gross rent	$840	$1,728
Housing units	1,403	1,744
Homeownership rate	64.6%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
Population	3,096 → 3,086 (-0.3%)	4,680 → 5,795 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$47,071 → $86,096 (+82.9%)	$74,632 → $85,250 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $170,000 (+24.3%)	$163,600 → $239,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $840 (+1.1%)	$886 → $1,728 (+95.0%)

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

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)

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.4%
75 and over	11.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	45.6%
Black or African American	16.5%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
No high school diploma	15.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
Drove alone	63.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	23.1%	2.4%
Public transit	3.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.9%
Other means	3.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
1-unit, detached	62.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.2%
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%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pocono	Sierra View
Poverty rate	8.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.37	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	51	34
Median year structure built	1984	1990