Chester Hill vs Sandy

A side-by-side comparison of Chester Hill and Sandy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandy has the higher population (853 vs 698 in Chester Hill). Sandy has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $48,125 in Chester Hill). Sandy has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $98,800 in Chester Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Chester Hill	Sandy
Population	698	853
Median age	36.1 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	$53,250
Median home value	$98,800	$136,600
Median gross rent	$706	$900
Housing units	366	626
Homeownership rate	61.5%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester Hill	Sandy
Population	779 → 698 (-10.4%)	1,401 → 853 (-39.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $48,125 (+20.3%)	$47,450 → $53,250 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $98,800 (+7.7%)	$106,600 → $136,600 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $706 (+23.9%)	$1,000 → $900 (-10.0%)

Chester Hill

Population

779698

Median household income

$40,000$48,125

Median home value

$91,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$570$706

Sandy

Population

1,401853

Median household income

$47,450$53,250

Median home value

$106,600$136,600

Median gross rent

$1,000$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester Hill	Sandy
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	10.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	26.2%	2.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	22.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	22.0%
75 and over	7.4%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester Hill	Sandy
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester Hill	Sandy
No high school diploma	17.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	46.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester Hill	Sandy
Drove alone	77.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	13.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	20.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester Hill	Sandy
1-unit, detached	64.2%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester Hill	Sandy
Poverty rate	20.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.26	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	14
Median year structure built	1960	1953