Birchwood Lakes vs Fawn Lake Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Birchwood Lakes and Fawn Lake Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Birchwood Lakes and Fawn Lake Forest are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Birchwood Lakes has the higher population (1,255 vs 820 in Fawn Lake Forest). Fawn Lake Forest has the higher median household income ($87,609 vs $52,164 in Birchwood Lakes). Fawn Lake Forest has the higher median home value ($227,200 vs $171,900 in Birchwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
Population	1,255	820
Median age	55.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,164	$87,609
Median home value	$171,900	$227,200
Median gross rent	$1,401	—
Housing units	797	890
Homeownership rate	89.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	42.8%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
Population	1,139 → 1,255 (+10.2%)	555 → 820 (+47.7%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $52,164 (-11.8%)	$67,656 → $87,609 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $171,900 (+48.7%)	$203,300 → $227,200 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,401 (+14.9%)	—

Birchwood Lakes

Population

1,1391,255

Median household income

$59,145$52,164

Median home value

$115,600$171,900

Median gross rent

$1,219$1,401

Fawn Lake Forest

Population

555820

Median household income

$67,656$87,609

Median home value

$203,300$227,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
Under 5	7.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	4.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	3.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	26.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	20.1%	18.4%
75 and over	3.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	51.9%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
Drove alone	82.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
1-unit, detached	97.6%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Lakes	Fawn Lake Forest
Poverty rate	24.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	49	45
Median year structure built	1975	1988