Mount Pocono vs Stroudsburg

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

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

Stroudsburg has the higher population (5,898 vs 3,086 in Mount Pocono). Mount Pocono has the higher median household income ($86,096 vs $60,868 in Stroudsburg). Stroudsburg has the higher median home value ($212,700 vs $170,000 in Mount Pocono).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
Population	3,086	5,898
Median age	47.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,096	$60,868
Median home value	$170,000	$212,700
Median gross rent	$840	$1,523
Housing units	1,403	2,948
Homeownership rate	64.6%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
Population	3,096 → 3,086 (-0.3%)	5,499 → 5,898 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$47,071 → $86,096 (+82.9%)	$41,984 → $60,868 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $170,000 (+24.3%)	$161,500 → $212,700 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $840 (+1.1%)	$1,006 → $1,523 (+51.4%)

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

Stroudsburg

Population

5,4995,898

Median household income

$41,984$60,868

Median home value

$161,500$212,700

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	10.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	19.0%
75 and over	11.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	54.2%
Black or African American	16.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
No high school diploma	15.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	39.3%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
Drove alone	63.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	23.1%	7.4%
Public transit	3.1%	8.8%
Walked	0.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.7%
Other means	3.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
1-unit, detached	62.7%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	26.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	14.2%
20 or more units	22.4%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pocono	Stroudsburg
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	51	48
Median year structure built	1984	1955