Deer Lake vs Friedensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Lake and Friedensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Friedensburg has the higher population (833 vs 730 in Deer Lake). Deer Lake has the higher median household income ($107,917 vs $64,474 in Friedensburg). Deer Lake has the higher median home value ($223,000 vs $163,900 in Friedensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
Population	730	833
Median age	46.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,917	$64,474
Median home value	$223,000	$163,900
Median gross rent	—	$889
Housing units	310	428
Homeownership rate	95.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
Population	741 → 730 (-1.5%)	816 → 833 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $107,917 (+47.6%)	$76,154 → $64,474 (-15.3%)
Median home value	$185,500 → $223,000 (+20.2%)	$143,400 → $163,900 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $844 (+18.0%)	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)

Deer Lake

Population

741730

Median household income

$73,125$107,917

Median home value

$185,500$223,000

Median gross rent

$715$844

Friedensburg

Population

816833

Median household income

$76,154$64,474

Median home value

$143,400$163,900

Median gross rent

$771$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	17.4%	17.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	5.2%
75 and over	6.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
Drove alone	74.4%	65.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	26.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.2%
Other means	8.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.9%
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	0.0%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Deer Lake	Friedensburg
Poverty rate	5.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1980	1977