Penn Estates vs Stroudsburg

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

Penn Estates 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 3,691 in Penn Estates). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $60,868 in Stroudsburg). Penn Estates has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $212,700 in Stroudsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
Population	3,691	5,898
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,080	$60,868
Median home value	$233,200	$212,700
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,523
Housing units	1,786	2,948
Homeownership rate	96.1%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
Population	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)	5,499 → 5,898 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)	$41,984 → $60,868 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)	$161,500 → $212,700 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)	$1,006 → $1,523 (+51.4%)

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

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)

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
Under 5	3.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	16.8%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	22.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	19.0%
75 and over	1.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	54.2%
Black or African American	22.9%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	8.5%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
No high school diploma	5.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
Drove alone	50.7%	69.0%
Carpooled	19.6%	7.4%
Public transit	13.4%	8.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.7%
Other means	6.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	26.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penn Estates	Stroudsburg
Poverty rate	24.0%	11.1%
Average household size	3.22	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	52	48
Median year structure built	1988	1955