Distant vs Sligo

A side-by-side comparison of Distant and Sligo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sligo has the higher population (750 vs 611 in Distant). Distant has the higher median household income ($71,094 vs $52,500 in Sligo). Distant has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $111,500 in Sligo).

Population, income & housing

	Distant	Sligo
Population	611	750
Median age	35.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,094	$52,500
Median home value	$111,800	$111,500
Median gross rent	$726	$775
Housing units	273	358
Homeownership rate	68.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Distant	Sligo
Population	—	491 → 750 (+52.7%)
Median household income	—	$38,125 → $52,500 (+37.7%)
Median home value	—	$88,600 → $111,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $775 (+7.6%)

Distant

Sligo

Population

491750

Median household income

$38,125$52,500

Median home value

$88,600$111,500

Median gross rent

$720$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Distant	Sligo
Under 5	4.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	21.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.9%
75 and over	10.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Distant	Sligo
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Distant	Sligo
No high school diploma	13.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	45.7%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Distant	Sligo
Drove alone	80.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	16.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Distant	Sligo
1-unit, detached	95.2%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Distant	Sligo
Poverty rate	16.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1950	1955