Bethany vs Lake Wallenpaupack Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Bethany and Lake Wallenpaupack Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethany has the higher population (269 vs 219 in Lake Wallenpaupack Estates). Lake Wallenpaupack Estates has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $95,167 in Bethany). Lake Wallenpaupack Estates has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $225,000 in Bethany).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
Population	269	219
Median age	50.5 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$95,167	$250,001
Median home value	$225,000	$268,100
Median gross rent	$746	—
Housing units	135	158
Homeownership rate	84.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
Population	237 → 269 (+13.5%)	—
Median household income	$48,750 → $95,167 (+95.2%)	—
Median home value	$183,700 → $225,000 (+22.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$875 → $746 (-14.7%)	—

Bethany

Population

237269

Median household income

$48,750$95,167

Median home value

$183,700$225,000

Median gross rent

$875$746

Lake Wallenpaupack Estates

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	40.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	28.3%
65 to 74	21.6%	7.8%
75 and over	11.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	36.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	63.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	93.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	6.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
Drove alone	68.8%	56.7%
Carpooled	22.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	38.3%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
1-unit, detached	83.7%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Lake Wallenpaupack Estates
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	45
Median year structure built	1961	1992