Beurys Lake vs Mount Carbon

A side-by-side comparison of Beurys Lake and Mount Carbon: population, income, housing, and more.

Beurys Lake and Mount Carbon are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beurys Lake has the higher population (112 vs 39 in Mount Carbon). Beurys Lake has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $61,250 in Mount Carbon). Beurys Lake has the higher median home value ($153,800 vs $76,700 in Mount Carbon).

Population, income & housing

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
Population	112	39
Median age	54.3 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$61,250
Median home value	$153,800	$76,700
Housing units	112	22
Homeownership rate	78.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
Population	74 → 112 (+51.4%)	61 → 39 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $75,313 (+89.8%)	$43,750 → $61,250 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $153,800 (+53.8%)	$60,000 → $76,700 (+27.8%)

Beurys Lake

Population

74112

Median household income

$39,688$75,313

Median home value

$100,000$153,800

Mount Carbon

Population

6139

Median household income

$43,750$61,250

Median home value

$60,000$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	21.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	18.8%	25.6%
65 to 74	17.0%	17.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
No high school diploma	5.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	59.2%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
Drove alone	78.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	15.0%
Public transit	8.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	50.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beurys Lake	Mount Carbon
Poverty rate	11.6%	2.6%
Average household size	1.84	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1946	1938