Mercersville vs Sandy Hook

A side-by-side comparison of Mercersville and Sandy Hook: population, income, housing, and more.

Mercersville and Sandy Hook are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mercersville has the higher population (233 vs 196 in Sandy Hook). Since 2019, Mercersville's population has grown faster (+161.8% vs -16.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
Population	233	196
Median age	58.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,333	—
Housing units	102	118
Homeownership rate	73.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
Population	89 → 233 (+161.8%)	234 → 196 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $51,333 (+0.8%)	$39,926 → $50,795 (+27.2%)

Mercersville

Population

89233

Median household income

$50,938$51,333

Sandy Hook

Population

234196

Median household income

$39,926$50,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
Under 5	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	40.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	33.5%	3.6%
65 to 74	19.3%	35.2%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.4%
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	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
No high school diploma	0.0%	69.0%
High school graduate	63.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
Drove alone	77.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
1-unit, detached	52.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	44.1%	29.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mercersville	Sandy Hook
Poverty rate	0.0%	38.8%
Average household size	2.28	1.66
Median year structure built	1975	1938