Sinking Spring vs West Reading

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

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

West Reading has the higher population (4,537 vs 4,288 in Sinking Spring). Sinking Spring has the higher median household income ($73,950 vs $61,974 in West Reading). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $159,700 in West Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
Population	4,288	4,537
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,950	$61,974
Median home value	$266,100	$159,700
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,159
Housing units	1,786	1,743
Homeownership rate	54.7%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
Population	4,101 → 4,288 (+4.6%)	4,268 → 4,537 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$57,547 → $73,950 (+28.5%)	$47,071 → $61,974 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $266,100 (+40.3%)	$117,400 → $159,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,289 (+17.1%)	$812 → $1,159 (+42.7%)

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

West Reading

Population

4,2684,537

Median household income

$47,071$61,974

Median home value

$117,400$159,700

Median gross rent

$812$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
Under 5	7.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.5%
75 and over	7.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	50.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
No high school diploma	14.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	23.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
Drove alone	81.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
1-unit, detached	33.2%	6.5%
1-unit, attached	32.6%	65.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sinking Spring	West Reading
Poverty rate	11.7%	17.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1970	1938