Jacksonwald vs Sinking Spring

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

Jacksonwald 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 4,201 in Jacksonwald). Jacksonwald has the higher median household income ($125,143 vs $73,950 in Sinking Spring). Jacksonwald has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $266,100 in Sinking Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
Population	4,201	4,288
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,143	$73,950
Median home value	$306,900	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,289
Housing units	1,446	1,786
Homeownership rate	95.1%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
Population	2,900 → 4,201 (+44.9%)	4,101 → 4,288 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$86,029 → $125,143 (+45.5%)	$57,547 → $73,950 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $306,900 (+55.3%)	$189,600 → $266,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,101 → $1,289 (+17.1%)

Jacksonwald

Population

2,9004,201

Median household income

$86,029$125,143

Median home value

$197,600$306,900

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)

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
Under 5	2.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	20.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	8.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	69.4%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	3.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	86.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	94.7%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonwald	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	0.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1984	1970