Crenshaw vs Sykesville

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

Crenshaw 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 217 in Crenshaw). Crenshaw has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Crenshaw has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
Population	217	978
Median age	60.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,813	$37,346
Median home value	$176,400	$85,900
Median gross rent	$932	$546
Housing units	135	561
Homeownership rate	78.5%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
Population	378 → 217 (-42.6%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$62,583 → $72,813 (+16.3%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $176,400 (+54.6%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $932 (+37.1%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Crenshaw

Population

378217

Median household income

$62,583$72,813

Median home value

$114,100$176,400

Median gross rent

$680$932

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)

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	5.5%	9.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	4.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	18.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	31.3%	10.4%
75 and over	7.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
No high school diploma	2.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	59.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
Drove alone	94.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	94.8%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Crenshaw	Sykesville
Poverty rate	12.0%	18.0%
Average household size	1.79	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1962	1951