Jonestown vs Sand Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Jonestown and Sand Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sand Hill has the higher population (2,288 vs 2,004 in Jonestown). Jonestown has the higher median household income ($90,375 vs $86,696 in Sand Hill). Jonestown has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $204,300 in Sand Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
Population	2,004	2,288
Median age	32.9 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,375	$86,696
Median home value	$236,400	$204,300
Median gross rent	$920	$1,546
Housing units	744	1,115
Homeownership rate	76.9%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
Population	1,884 → 2,004 (+6.4%)	2,627 → 2,288 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $90,375 (+31.8%)	$52,647 → $86,696 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $236,400 (+21.0%)	$147,800 → $204,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $920 (+9.9%)	$984 → $1,546 (+57.1%)

Jonestown

Population

1,8842,004

Median household income

$68,571$90,375

Median home value

$195,400$236,400

Median gross rent

$837$920

Sand Hill

Population

2,6272,288

Median household income

$52,647$86,696

Median home value

$147,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$984$1,546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
Under 5	6.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	6.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	23.1%
65 to 74	3.7%	24.1%
75 and over	3.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
Drove alone	79.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
1-unit, detached	69.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jonestown	Sand Hill
Poverty rate	6.7%	0.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1992	1973