Arona vs Laurel Mountain

A side-by-side comparison of Arona and Laurel Mountain: population, income, housing, and more.

Arona and Laurel Mountain are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arona has the higher population (246 vs 142 in Laurel Mountain). Arona has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $71,250 in Laurel Mountain). Laurel Mountain has the higher median home value ($218,200 vs $123,100 in Arona).

Population, income & housing

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
Population	246	142
Median age	53.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$71,250
Median home value	$123,100	$218,200
Median gross rent	$789	—
Housing units	140	121
Homeownership rate	88.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
Population	311 → 246 (-20.9%)	126 → 142 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$49,107 → $96,250 (+96.0%)	$60,625 → $71,250 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $123,100 (+46.4%)	$163,500 → $218,200 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $789 (-2.7%)	—

Arona

Population

311246

Median household income

$49,107$96,250

Median home value

$84,100$123,100

Median gross rent

$811$789

Laurel Mountain

Population

126142

Median household income

$60,625$71,250

Median home value

$163,500$218,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	2.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	30.9%	20.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	19.0%
75 and over	5.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
No high school diploma	14.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	42.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
Drove alone	71.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	18.3%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
1-unit, detached	92.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arona	Laurel Mountain
Poverty rate	10.2%	1.4%
Average household size	1.97	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1941	1947