Birchwood Lakes vs Masthope

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

Birchwood Lakes and Masthope 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 704 in Masthope). Masthope has the higher median household income ($97,723 vs $52,164 in Birchwood Lakes). Masthope has the higher median home value ($328,800 vs $171,900 in Birchwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
Population	1,255	704
Median age	55.0 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,164	$97,723
Median home value	$171,900	$328,800
Median gross rent	$1,401	—
Housing units	797	1,394
Homeownership rate	89.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
Population	1,139 → 1,255 (+10.2%)	601 → 704 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $52,164 (-11.8%)	$77,000 → $97,723 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $171,900 (+48.7%)	$236,000 → $328,800 (+39.3%)
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

Masthope

Population

601704

Median household income

$77,000$97,723

Median home value

$236,000$328,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
Under 5	7.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	4.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	2.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	2.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	26.4%	22.4%
65 to 74	20.1%	46.6%
75 and over	3.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	51.9%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
Drove alone	82.8%	72.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
1-unit, detached	97.6%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Lakes	Masthope
Poverty rate	24.2%	20.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	49	46
Median year structure built	1975	1991