Laureldale vs Sinking Spring

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

Laureldale 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 4,259 in Laureldale). Sinking Spring has the higher median household income ($73,950 vs $64,792 in Laureldale). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $169,100 in Laureldale).

Population, income & housing

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
Population	4,259	4,288
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,792	$73,950
Median home value	$169,100	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,249	$1,289
Housing units	1,595	1,786
Homeownership rate	81.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
Population	3,900 → 4,259 (+9.2%)	4,101 → 4,288 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$54,483 → $64,792 (+18.9%)	$57,547 → $73,950 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $169,100 (+37.7%)	$189,600 → $266,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,249 (+36.8%)	$1,101 → $1,289 (+17.1%)

Laureldale

Population

3,9004,259

Median household income

$54,483$64,792

Median home value

$122,800$169,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,249

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)

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
Under 5	6.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.5%
75 and over	6.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	69.4%
Black or African American	6.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	45.5%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	78.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	17.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	57.8%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	16.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laureldale	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	12.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1954	1970