Lorane vs Sinking Spring

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

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

Lorane has the higher population (4,633 vs 4,288 in Sinking Spring). Lorane has the higher median household income ($86,064 vs $73,950 in Sinking Spring). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $236,100 in Lorane).

Population, income & housing

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
Population	4,633	4,288
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,064	$73,950
Median home value	$236,100	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,289
Housing units	1,874	1,786
Homeownership rate	79.9%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
Population	4,085 → 4,633 (+13.4%)	4,101 → 4,288 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$68,856 → $86,064 (+25.0%)	$57,547 → $73,950 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $236,100 (+32.4%)	$189,600 → $266,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,504 → $1,776 (+18.1%)	$1,101 → $1,289 (+17.1%)

Lorane

Population

4,0854,633

Median household income

$68,856$86,064

Median home value

$178,300$236,100

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,776

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)

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
Under 5	7.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.5%
75 and over	6.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	8.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	41.4%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	74.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	1.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	65.6%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lorane	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1988	1970