Birchwood Lakes vs Sunrise Lake

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

Birchwood Lakes and Sunrise Lake 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 998 in Sunrise Lake). Sunrise Lake has the higher median household income ($67,933 vs $52,164 in Birchwood Lakes). Sunrise Lake has the higher median home value ($179,000 vs $171,900 in Birchwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
Population	1,255	998
Median age	55.0 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,164	$67,933
Median home value	$171,900	$179,000
Median gross rent	$1,401	—
Housing units	797	686
Homeownership rate	89.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	18.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
Population	1,139 → 1,255 (+10.2%)	972 → 998 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$59,145 → $52,164 (-11.8%)	$79,946 → $67,933 (-15.0%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $171,900 (+48.7%)	$194,400 → $179,000 (-7.9%)
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

Sunrise Lake

Population

972998

Median household income

$79,946$67,933

Median home value

$194,400$179,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
Under 5	7.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	4.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.0%
25 to 34	3.7%	19.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	1.9%
55 to 64	26.4%	28.1%
65 to 74	20.1%	24.6%
75 and over	3.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
No high school diploma	5.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	51.9%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
Drove alone	82.8%	67.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	32.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
1-unit, detached	97.6%	95.0%
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%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Lakes	Sunrise Lake
Poverty rate	24.2%	2.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	49	56
Median year structure built	1975	1986