Hamburg vs Sinking Spring

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

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

Hamburg has the higher population (4,377 vs 4,288 in Sinking Spring). Sinking Spring has the higher median household income ($73,950 vs $57,212 in Hamburg). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $182,900 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
Population	4,377	4,288
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,212	$73,950
Median home value	$182,900	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,126	$1,289
Housing units	2,237	1,786
Homeownership rate	67.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
Population	4,356 → 4,377 (+0.5%)	4,101 → 4,288 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$56,893 → $57,212 (+0.6%)	$57,547 → $73,950 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$150,100 → $182,900 (+21.9%)	$189,600 → $266,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,126 (+24.3%)	$1,101 → $1,289 (+17.1%)

Hamburg

Population

4,3564,377

Median household income

$56,893$57,212

Median home value

$150,100$182,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,126

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)

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.5%
75 and over	7.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	69.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	11.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	38.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	74.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	38.8%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	33.0%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	16.9%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1964	1970