Summerville vs Sykesville

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

Summerville 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 458 in Summerville). Summerville has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Sykesville has the higher median home value ($85,900 vs $78,000 in Summerville).

Population, income & housing

	Summerville	Sykesville
Population	458	978
Median age	49.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$37,346
Median home value	$78,000	$85,900
Median gross rent	$825	$546
Housing units	213	561
Homeownership rate	67.9%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summerville	Sykesville
Population	486 → 458 (-5.8%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $50,625 (+11.0%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $78,000 (+9.2%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $825 (+65.7%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Summerville

Population

486458

Median household income

$45,625$50,625

Median home value

$71,400$78,000

Median gross rent

$498$825

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)

	Summerville	Sykesville
Under 5	2.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.4%
75 and over	23.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summerville	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summerville	Sykesville
No high school diploma	13.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	55.3%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summerville	Sykesville
Drove alone	70.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	25.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	10.5%
Other means	2.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summerville	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	75.1%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Summerville	Sykesville
Poverty rate	18.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.37	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1940	1951