Mountainhome vs Pocono Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Mountainhome and Pocono Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountainhome has the higher population (880 vs 693 in Pocono Pines). Pocono Pines has the higher median household income ($108,356 vs $88,924 in Mountainhome). Mountainhome has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $217,400 in Pocono Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
Population	880	693
Median age	45.5 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,924	$108,356
Median home value	$252,000	$217,400
Housing units	358	2,058
Homeownership rate	89.6%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
Population	1,047 → 880 (-16.0%)	1,023 → 693 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$33,059 → $88,924 (+169.0%)	$64,744 → $108,356 (+67.4%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $252,000 (+55.9%)	$226,400 → $217,400 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $775 (-7.2%)	—

Mountainhome

Population

1,047880

Median household income

$33,059$88,924

Median home value

$161,600$252,000

Median gross rent

$835$775

Pocono Pines

Population

1,023693

Median household income

$64,744$108,356

Median home value

$226,400$217,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
Under 5	7.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	8.2%
18 to 24	15.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	5.9%
45 to 54	25.7%	27.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	20.2%	24.4%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	21.3%	10.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
No high school diploma	1.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	57.7%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
Drove alone	81.2%	48.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	37.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
1-unit, detached	84.9%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountainhome	Pocono Pines
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.85	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1983	1977