Pocono Springs vs Wallenpaupack Lake Estates

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

Pocono Springs 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 862 in Pocono Springs). Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher median household income ($84,875 vs $48,864 in Pocono Springs). Wallenpaupack Lake Estates has the higher median home value ($198,300 vs $159,900 in Pocono Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Population	862	1,084
Median age	57.0 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,864	$84,875
Median home value	$159,900	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,493	—
Housing units	875	1,361
Homeownership rate	85.6%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	21.6%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Population	1,325 → 862 (-34.9%)	1,122 → 1,084 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $48,864 (-30.8%)	$64,583 → $84,875 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $159,900 (+24.2%)	$183,100 → $198,300 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,493 (+2.8%)	$596 → $763 (+28.0%)

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

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)

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Under 5	3.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	0.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	17.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	4.7%
55 to 64	26.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	21.0%
75 and over	5.1%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	60.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Drove alone	71.5%	62.9%
Carpooled	16.1%	8.9%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
1-unit, detached	88.6%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	11.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Pocono Springs	Wallenpaupack Lake Estates
Poverty rate	20.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	60
Median year structure built	1988	1985