Browndale vs Wallenpaupack Lake Estates

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

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

Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher population (1,084 vs 740 in Browndale). Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($84,875 vs $67,875 in Browndale). Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $138,400 in Browndale).

Population, income & housing

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Population	740	1,084
Median age	36.2 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,875	$84,875
Median home value	$138,400	$198,300
Housing units	301	1,361
Homeownership rate	89.4%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Population	—	1,122 → 1,084 (-3.4%)
Median household income	—	$64,583 → $84,875 (+31.4%)
Median home value	—	$183,100 → $198,300 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$596 → $763 (+28.0%)

Browndale

Wallenpaupack Lake Estates

Population

1,1221,084

Median household income

$64,583$84,875

Median home value

$183,100$198,300

Median gross rent

$596$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	27.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	4.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	21.0%
75 and over	1.8%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Drove alone	87.5%	62.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	90.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
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	4.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Browndale	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	60
Median year structure built	1963	1985