Honesdale vs Pocono Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Honesdale and Pocono Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Honesdale and Pocono Springs are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Honesdale has the higher population (4,465 vs 862 in Pocono Springs). Pocono Springs has the higher median household income ($48,864 vs $38,469 in Honesdale). Honesdale has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $159,900 in Pocono Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
Population	4,465	862
Median age	42.6 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,469	$48,864
Median home value	$180,600	$159,900
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,493
Housing units	2,314	875
Homeownership rate	59.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	21.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
Population	4,292 → 4,465 (+4.0%)	1,325 → 862 (-34.9%)
Median household income	$38,606 → $38,469 (-0.4%)	$70,625 → $48,864 (-30.8%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $180,600 (+48.2%)	$128,700 → $159,900 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $1,094 (+56.5%)	$1,453 → $1,493 (+2.8%)

Honesdale

Population

4,2924,465

Median household income

$38,606$38,469

Median home value

$121,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$699$1,094

Pocono Springs

Population

1,325862

Median household income

$70,625$48,864

Median home value

$128,700$159,900

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
Under 5	4.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	15.0%	0.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	26.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.0%
75 and over	12.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
No high school diploma	18.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	60.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
Drove alone	78.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	9.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
1-unit, detached	64.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Honesdale	Pocono Springs
Poverty rate	28.0%	20.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1952	1988