Gold Key Lake vs Pocono Woodland Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Gold Key Lake and Pocono Woodland Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pocono Woodland Lakes has the higher population (3,800 vs 2,721 in Gold Key Lake). Pocono Woodland Lakes has the higher median household income ($116,932 vs $96,836 in Gold Key Lake). Pocono Woodland Lakes has the higher median home value ($309,500 vs $206,700 in Gold Key Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Population	2,721	3,800
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,836	$116,932
Median home value	$206,700	$309,500
Housing units	1,094	1,214
Homeownership rate	86.3%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Population	1,498 → 2,721 (+81.6%)	3,979 → 3,800 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $96,836 (+34.3%)	$101,302 → $116,932 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$166,800 → $206,700 (+23.9%)	$236,600 → $309,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,920 → $1,675 (-12.8%)	—

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

Pocono Woodland Lakes

Population

3,9793,800

Median household income

$101,302$116,932

Median home value

$236,600$309,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Under 5	0.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.3%
75 and over	8.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	88.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	29.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Drove alone	67.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.5%
Public transit	2.3%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	12.2%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
1-unit, detached	96.0%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gold Key Lake	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Poverty rate	8.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.86	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	50	42
Median year structure built	1986	1997