Lake Winola vs Meshoppen

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Winola and Meshoppen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Winola has the higher population (699 vs 402 in Meshoppen). Meshoppen has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $49,455 in Lake Winola). Lake Winola has the higher median home value ($210,300 vs $149,500 in Meshoppen).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
Population	699	402
Median age	49.3 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,455	$73,333
Median home value	$210,300	$149,500
Median gross rent	$856	$1,109
Housing units	512	160
Homeownership rate	70.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
Population	662 → 699 (+5.6%)	505 → 402 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $49,455 (-15.8%)	$46,875 → $73,333 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$195,000 → $210,300 (+7.8%)	$119,200 → $149,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $856 (+20.1%)	$896 → $1,109 (+23.8%)

Lake Winola

Population

662699

Median household income

$58,750$49,455

Median home value

$195,000$210,300

Median gross rent

$713$856

Meshoppen

Population

505402

Median household income

$46,875$73,333

Median home value

$119,200$149,500

Median gross rent

$896$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
Under 5	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	27.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	21.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	15.6%	4.0%
75 and over	10.3%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	91.0%
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	0.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
No high school diploma	1.8%	20.9%
High school graduate	47.9%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
Drove alone	97.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
1-unit, detached	82.8%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Winola	Meshoppen
Poverty rate	16.0%	17.9%
Average household size	2.07	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1948	1941