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 sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pocono Lake who work in sales jobs (16.86%), teaching (9.18%), and personal care services (7.73%). A relatively large number of people in Pocono Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.71% 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 a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Pocono Lake’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pocono Lake has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pocono Lake a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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 43.40 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. Despite being a small town, Pocono Lake has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.The percentage of people in Pocono Lake who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.61% of adults in Pocono Lake have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pocono Lake in 2022 was $41,564, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,256 for a family of four. However, Pocono Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pocono Lake is a very 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 18.41% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pocono Lake include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Pocono Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
