Birchwood Lakes vs Matamoras

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

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

Matamoras has the higher population (2,448 vs 1,255 in Birchwood Lakes). Matamoras has the higher median household income ($74,145 vs $52,164 in Birchwood Lakes). Matamoras has the higher median home value ($237,600 vs $171,900 in Birchwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
Population	1,255	2,448
Median age	55.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,164	$74,145
Median home value	$171,900	$237,600
Median gross rent	$1,401	$1,328
Housing units	797	1,200
Homeownership rate	89.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
Population	1,139 → 1,255 (+10.2%)	2,336 → 2,448 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $52,164 (-11.8%)	$73,798 → $74,145 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $171,900 (+48.7%)	$173,000 → $237,600 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,219 → $1,401 (+14.9%)	$1,254 → $1,328 (+5.9%)

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

Matamoras

Population

2,3362,448

Median household income

$73,798$74,145

Median home value

$173,000$237,600

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
Under 5	7.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	4.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	26.4%	18.3%
65 to 74	20.1%	11.6%
75 and over	3.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	51.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
Drove alone	82.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
1-unit, detached	97.6%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Lakes	Matamoras
Poverty rate	24.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	49	35
Median year structure built	1975	1952