Birchwood Lakes vs Pocono Mountain Lake Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Birchwood Lakes and Pocono Mountain Lake Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Birchwood Lakes and Pocono Mountain Lake Estates 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 1,168 in Pocono Mountain Lake Estates). Pocono Mountain Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($61,008 vs $52,164 in Birchwood Lakes). Pocono Mountain Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($196,000 vs $171,900 in Birchwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
Population	1,255	1,168
Median age	55.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,164	$61,008
Median home value	$171,900	$196,000
Median gross rent	$1,401	—
Housing units	797	566
Homeownership rate	89.7%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
Population	1,139 → 1,255 (+10.2%)	731 → 1,168 (+59.8%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $52,164 (-11.8%)	$75,125 → $61,008 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $171,900 (+48.7%)	$130,100 → $196,000 (+50.7%)
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

Pocono Mountain Lake Estates

Population

7311,168

Median household income

$75,125$61,008

Median home value

$130,100$196,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
Under 5	7.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	4.8%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	18.2%
55 to 64	26.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	20.1%	6.8%
75 and over	3.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	39.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.7%
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%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	51.9%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
Drove alone	82.8%	96.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	97.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Mountain Lake Estates
Poverty rate	24.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	49	60
Median year structure built	1975	1994