Birchwood Lakes vs Pocono Ranch Lands

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

Birchwood Lakes and Pocono Ranch Lands 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 1,192 in Pocono Ranch Lands). Pocono Ranch Lands has the higher median household income ($85,781 vs $52,164 in Birchwood Lakes). Pocono Ranch Lands has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $171,900 in Birchwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
Population	1,255	1,192
Median age	55.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,164	$85,781
Median home value	$171,900	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,401	—
Housing units	797	702
Homeownership rate	89.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	26.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
Population	1,139 → 1,255 (+10.2%)	1,205 → 1,192 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $52,164 (-11.8%)	$64,167 → $85,781 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $171,900 (+48.7%)	$126,800 → $192,900 (+52.1%)
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 Ranch Lands

Population

1,2051,192

Median household income

$64,167$85,781

Median home value

$126,800$192,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
Under 5	7.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	4.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	3.7%	3.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	21.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	26.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	20.1%	10.7%
75 and over	3.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	51.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
Drove alone	82.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Pocono Ranch Lands
1-unit, detached	97.6%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
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 Ranch Lands
Poverty rate	24.2%	20.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	49	44
Median year structure built	1975	1987