Lorain vs Sankertown

A side-by-side comparison of Lorain and Sankertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sankertown has the higher population (644 vs 509 in Lorain). Sankertown has the higher median household income ($69,900 vs $52,727 in Lorain). Sankertown has the higher median home value ($147,200 vs $58,300 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Lorain	Sankertown
Population	509	644
Median age	44.8 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$69,900
Median home value	$58,300	$147,200
Median gross rent	$820	$808
Housing units	366	299
Homeownership rate	83.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorain	Sankertown
Population	631 → 509 (-19.3%)	602 → 644 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$41,538 → $52,727 (+26.9%)	$43,750 → $69,900 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $58,300 (+26.5%)	$93,500 → $147,200 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $820 (+20.6%)	$713 → $808 (+13.3%)

Lorain

Population

631509

Median household income

$41,538$52,727

Median home value

$46,100$58,300

Median gross rent

$680$820

Sankertown

Population

602644

Median household income

$43,750$69,900

Median home value

$93,500$147,200

Median gross rent

$713$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorain	Sankertown
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	21.9%
75 and over	8.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorain	Sankertown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorain	Sankertown
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	54.3%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorain	Sankertown
Drove alone	76.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	14.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorain	Sankertown
1-unit, detached	77.6%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Lorain	Sankertown
Poverty rate	17.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1950	1955