Brookville vs Sykesville

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

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

Brookville has the higher population (3,959 vs 978 in Sykesville). Brookville has the higher median household income ($56,215 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Brookville has the higher median home value ($128,400 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookville	Sykesville
Population	3,959	978
Median age	38.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,215	$37,346
Median home value	$128,400	$85,900
Median gross rent	$690	$546
Housing units	1,994	561
Homeownership rate	54.7%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookville	Sykesville
Population	3,823 → 3,959 (+3.6%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$51,505 → $56,215 (+9.1%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $128,400 (+30.8%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $690 (+3.4%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Brookville

Population

3,8233,959

Median household income

$51,505$56,215

Median home value

$98,200$128,400

Median gross rent

$667$690

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)

	Brookville	Sykesville
Under 5	5.9%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	10.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookville	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookville	Sykesville
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	41.0%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookville	Sykesville
Drove alone	76.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookville	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	59.3%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Brookville	Sykesville
Poverty rate	14.5%	18.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1953	1951