Corsica vs Sykesville

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

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

Sykesville has the higher population (978 vs 406 in Corsica). Corsica has the higher median household income ($49,125 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Corsica has the higher median home value ($106,500 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Corsica	Sykesville
Population	406	978
Median age	39.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$37,346
Median home value	$106,500	$85,900
Median gross rent	$750	$546
Housing units	159	561
Homeownership rate	65.8%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corsica	Sykesville
Population	355 → 406 (+14.4%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $49,125 (-15.2%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $106,500 (+5.9%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $750 (+9.8%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Corsica

Population

355406

Median household income

$57,917$49,125

Median home value

$100,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$683$750

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)

	Corsica	Sykesville
Under 5	4.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.9%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	17.7%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.4%
75 and over	7.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corsica	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corsica	Sykesville
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	51.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corsica	Sykesville
Drove alone	91.3%	71.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corsica	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	73.6%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Corsica	Sykesville
Poverty rate	16.9%	18.0%
Average household size	2.59	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1950	1951