Punxsutawney vs Sykesville

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

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

Punxsutawney has the higher population (5,689 vs 978 in Sykesville). Punxsutawney has the higher median household income ($43,097 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Punxsutawney has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
Population	5,689	978
Median age	45.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,097	$37,346
Median home value	$102,500	$85,900
Median gross rent	$796	$546
Housing units	2,988	561
Homeownership rate	52.7%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
Population	5,770 → 5,689 (-1.4%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$32,221 → $43,097 (+33.8%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $102,500 (+22.5%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $796 (+26.6%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Punxsutawney

Population

5,7705,689

Median household income

$32,221$43,097

Median home value

$83,700$102,500

Median gross rent

$629$796

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)

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
Under 5	4.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.4%
75 and over	12.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
No high school diploma	5.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	50.4%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
Drove alone	82.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.4%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	6.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	65.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	10.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Punxsutawney	Sykesville
Poverty rate	21.4%	18.0%
Average household size	2.09	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1953	1951