Lake Wynonah vs Mahanoy City

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Wynonah and Mahanoy City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mahanoy City has the higher population (3,522 vs 3,180 in Lake Wynonah). Lake Wynonah has the higher median household income ($92,572 vs $38,047 in Mahanoy City). Lake Wynonah has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $35,300 in Mahanoy City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
Population	3,180	3,522
Median age	47.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,572	$38,047
Median home value	$232,100	$35,300
Median gross rent	—	$928
Housing units	1,412	2,171
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
Population	2,501 → 3,180 (+27.1%)	3,982 → 3,522 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$78,889 → $92,572 (+17.3%)	$32,669 → $38,047 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$172,600 → $232,100 (+34.5%)	$27,900 → $35,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$781 → $928 (+18.8%)

Lake Wynonah

Population

2,5013,180

Median household income

$78,889$92,572

Median home value

$172,600$232,100

Mahanoy City

Population

3,9823,522

Median household income

$32,669$38,047

Median home value

$27,900$35,300

Median gross rent

$781$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
Under 5	2.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	20.2%	8.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
No high school diploma	2.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
Drove alone	76.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
1-unit, detached	97.5%	14.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	76.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wynonah	Mahanoy City
Poverty rate	1.3%	34.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1991	1938