Matamoras vs Pocono Woodland Lakes

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

Matamoras 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 2,448 in Matamoras). Pocono Woodland Lakes has the higher median household income ($116,932 vs $74,145 in Matamoras). Pocono Woodland Lakes has the higher median home value ($309,500 vs $237,600 in Matamoras).

Population, income & housing

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Population	2,448	3,800
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,145	$116,932
Median home value	$237,600	$309,500
Median gross rent	$1,328	—
Housing units	1,200	1,214
Homeownership rate	75.4%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Population	2,336 → 2,448 (+4.8%)	3,979 → 3,800 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$73,798 → $74,145 (+0.5%)	$101,302 → $116,932 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $237,600 (+37.3%)	$236,600 → $309,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,328 (+5.9%)	—

Matamoras

Population

2,3362,448

Median household income

$73,798$74,145

Median home value

$173,000$237,600

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,328

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)

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Under 5	3.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.3%
75 and over	10.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	88.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Drove alone	81.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
1-unit, detached	79.3%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Matamoras	Pocono Woodland Lakes
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.23	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	35	42
Median year structure built	1952	1997