Pocono Lake is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,021 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pocono Lake is the 382nd largest community in Pennsylvania.Pocono Lake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pocono Lake is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pocono Lake who work in sales jobs (11.91%), teaching (10.22%), and office and administrative support (9.32%). Also of interest is that Pocono Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Pocono Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.45% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Another notable thing is that Pocono Lake is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pocono Lake has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pocono Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pocono Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pocono Lake may be for you. One downside of living in Pocono Lake is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pocono Lake, the average commute to work is 36.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In Pocono Lake, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Pocono Lake is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The overall education level of Pocono Lake citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.07% of adults in Pocono Lake have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Pocono Lake in 2022 was $43,306, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $173,224 for a family of four. However, Pocono Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pocono Lake is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pocono Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pocono Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pocono Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pocono Lake include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Pocono Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
