Hawley vs Wallenpaupack Lake Estates

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

Hawley 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.

Hawley has the higher population (1,104 vs 1,084 in Wallenpaupack Lake Estates). Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($84,875 vs $46,693 in Hawley). Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $173,500 in Hawley).

Population, income & housing

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Population	1,104	1,084
Median age	49.6 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,693	$84,875
Median home value	$173,500	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,004	—
Housing units	681	1,361
Homeownership rate	47.8%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Population	1,195 → 1,104 (-7.6%)	1,122 → 1,084 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$37,550 → $46,693 (+24.3%)	$64,583 → $84,875 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$133,800 → $173,500 (+29.7%)	$183,100 → $198,300 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $1,004 (+29.4%)	$596 → $763 (+28.0%)

Hawley

Population

1,1951,104

Median household income

$37,550$46,693

Median home value

$133,800$173,500

Median gross rent

$776$1,004

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)

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Under 5	1.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	8.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	2.7%
25 to 34	6.8%	5.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	17.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	4.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	16.7%	21.0%
75 and over	8.6%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	1.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	41.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Drove alone	76.2%	62.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	17.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	49.2%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	35.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Hawley	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Poverty rate	16.7%	5.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	17	60
Median year structure built	1938	1985