Beech Mountain LakesPA
2,111 residents make their home in this town in Pennsylvania.
Is Beech Mountain Lakes a good place to live?
No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Beech Mountain Lakes. 94% of households live in a home they own in Beech Mountain Lakes, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (78%) and U.S. towns (73%). We don’t grade Beech Mountain Lakes yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Beech Mountain Lakes for work
Where Beech Mountain Lakes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Moving to Beech Mountain Lakes: who provides what
Beech Mountain Lakes is unincorporated, so Luzerne County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Beech Mountain Lakes.
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Beech Mountain Lakes work out of town
The top destinations are Hazle Township (13%), Butler Township (8%) and Hazleton (6%). Employers in Beech Mountain Lakes shed 75 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 51. In Beech Mountain Lakes, the average trip to work is 22 minutes. The median commute is under 12 miles.
| Beech Mountain Lakes | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Beech Mountain Lakes is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Beech Mountain Lakes’ FEMA risk score stands at 27 of 100. FEMA puts two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Beech Mountain Lakes brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
In Beech Mountain Lakes, the midsummer high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Beech Mountain Lakes is
19% of adults binge drink in Beech Mountain Lakes. Among adults here, 30% have high blood pressure and 37% have obesity.
| Beech Mountain Lakes | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Beech Mountain Lakes | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.7% | 14.5% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 88.6% | 85.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Pennsylvania overall
Children under 18 are 25% of residents (21% statewide). In Beech Mountain Lakes, 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Beech Mountain Lakes’ midpoint age comes in at 39.3 years.
| Beech Mountain Lakes | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.6 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Beech Mountain Lakes | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.2% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.1% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 19.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
The median home in Beech Mountain Lakes sells for about $310K
A home in Beech Mountain Lakes typically sold within 34 days of listing. Bidding over the asking price: 31% of homes sold here.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 33 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Beech Mountain Lakes. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom32 mi Theme parkKnoebels Amusement Resort
28 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
13 mi State parkHickory Run State Park
27 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
39 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Beech Mountain Lakes
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Beech Mountain Lakes
About 5 of every 100 Beech Mountain Lakes residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Questions about Beech Mountain Lakes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beech Mountain Lakes, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Beech Mountain Lakes yet; the figures below are still real.