Myerstown vs Sand Hill

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

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

Myerstown has the higher population (3,104 vs 2,288 in Sand Hill). Sand Hill has the higher median household income ($86,696 vs $53,218 in Myerstown). Sand Hill has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $180,900 in Myerstown).

Population, income & housing

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
Population	3,104	2,288
Median age	40.5 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,218	$86,696
Median home value	$180,900	$204,300
Median gross rent	$1,128	$1,546
Housing units	1,398	1,115
Homeownership rate	55.4%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
Population	3,201 → 3,104 (-3.0%)	2,627 → 2,288 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$49,364 → $53,218 (+7.8%)	$52,647 → $86,696 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $180,900 (+29.1%)	$147,800 → $204,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $1,128 (+51.6%)	$984 → $1,546 (+57.1%)

Myerstown

Population

3,2013,104

Median household income

$49,364$53,218

Median home value

$140,100$180,900

Median gross rent

$744$1,128

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)

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
Under 5	5.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	6.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	23.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	24.1%
75 and over	13.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	56.5%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
Drove alone	78.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
1-unit, detached	44.3%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Myerstown	Sand Hill
Poverty rate	7.9%	0.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1945	1973