Mountainhome vs Saylorsburg

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

Mountainhome and Saylorsburg 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 823 in Saylorsburg). Mountainhome has the higher median household income ($88,924 vs $87,731 in Saylorsburg). Mountainhome has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $211,400 in Saylorsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
Population	880	823
Median age	45.5 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,924	$87,731
Median home value	$252,000	$211,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,380
Housing units	358	776
Homeownership rate	89.6%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
Population	1,047 → 880 (-16.0%)	1,042 → 823 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$33,059 → $88,924 (+169.0%)	$58,484 → $87,731 (+50.0%)
Median home value	$161,600 → $252,000 (+55.9%)	$167,200 → $211,400 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $775 (-7.2%)	$1,305 → $1,380 (+5.7%)

Mountainhome

Population

1,047880

Median household income

$33,059$88,924

Median home value

$161,600$252,000

Median gross rent

$835$775

Saylorsburg

Population

1,042823

Median household income

$58,484$87,731

Median home value

$167,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	6.6%
18 to 24	15.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.4%	33.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	25.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	32.7%
65 to 74	20.2%	3.3%
75 and over	0.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	64.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	21.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
No high school diploma	1.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	57.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
Drove alone	81.2%	95.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	6.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountainhome	Saylorsburg
1-unit, detached	84.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	38.3%
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	Saylorsburg
Poverty rate	5.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.85	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	83
Median year structure built	1983	1969