Gold Key Lake vs Hemlock Farms

A side-by-side comparison of Gold Key Lake and Hemlock Farms: population, income, housing, and more.

Gold Key Lake and Hemlock Farms are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hemlock Farms has the higher population (3,671 vs 2,721 in Gold Key Lake). Gold Key Lake has the higher median household income ($96,836 vs $83,293 in Hemlock Farms). Hemlock Farms has the higher median home value ($292,300 vs $206,700 in Gold Key Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
Population	2,721	3,671
Median age	41.8 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,836	$83,293
Median home value	$206,700	$292,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,626
Housing units	1,094	3,253
Homeownership rate	86.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
Population	1,498 → 2,721 (+81.6%)	3,326 → 3,671 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $96,836 (+34.3%)	$59,063 → $83,293 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$166,800 → $206,700 (+23.9%)	$179,500 → $292,300 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $1,675 (-12.8%)	$1,683 → $1,626 (-3.4%)

Gold Key Lake

Population

1,4982,721

Median household income

$72,083$96,836

Median home value

$166,800$206,700

Median gross rent

$1,920$1,675

Hemlock Farms

Population

3,3263,671

Median household income

$59,063$83,293

Median home value

$179,500$292,300

Median gross rent

$1,683$1,626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
Under 5	0.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	19.4%
75 and over	8.9%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	78.9%
Black or African American	7.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
Drove alone	67.3%	54.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.5%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	32.9%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
1-unit, detached	96.0%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Gold Key Lake	Hemlock Farms
Poverty rate	8.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	50	45
Median year structure built	1986	1986