Boyertown vs Sinking Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Boyertown and Sinking Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Boyertown and Sinking Spring are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sinking Spring has the higher population (4,288 vs 4,264 in Boyertown). Sinking Spring has the higher median household income ($73,950 vs $54,179 in Boyertown). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $196,600 in Boyertown).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
Population	4,264	4,288
Median age	39.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$73,950
Median home value	$196,600	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,289
Housing units	2,117	1,786
Homeownership rate	46.1%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	4,101 → 4,288 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$57,547 → $73,950 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$189,600 → $266,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	$1,101 → $1,289 (+17.1%)

Boyertown

Population

4,0644,264

Median household income

$51,392$54,179

Median home value

$155,900$196,600

Median gross rent

$851$1,039

Sinking Spring

Population

4,1014,288

Median household income

$57,547$73,950

Median home value

$189,600$266,100

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,289

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	9.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	82.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	21.6%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	16.9%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1946	1970