Brockway vs Sykesville

A side-by-side comparison of Brockway and Sykesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brockway has the higher population (2,044 vs 978 in Sykesville). Brockway has the higher median household income ($54,293 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Brockway has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Brockway	Sykesville
Population	2,044	978
Median age	48.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,293	$37,346
Median home value	$125,200	$85,900
Median gross rent	$726	$546
Housing units	1,019	561
Homeownership rate	69.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockway	Sykesville
Population	1,987 → 2,044 (+2.9%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$45,272 → $54,293 (+19.9%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $125,200 (+27.2%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $726 (+5.5%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Brockway

Population

1,9872,044

Median household income

$45,272$54,293

Median home value

$98,400$125,200

Median gross rent

$688$726

Sykesville

Population

1,055978

Median household income

$38,365$37,346

Median home value

$74,900$85,900

Median gross rent

$603$546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brockway	Sykesville
Under 5	1.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.4%
75 and over	15.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockway	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockway	Sykesville
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	58.2%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockway	Sykesville
Drove alone	82.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockway	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	72.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Brockway	Sykesville
Poverty rate	10.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1949	1951