Richland vs Sand Hill

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

Richland 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 1,613 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($91,979 vs $86,696 in Sand Hill). Sand Hill has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $198,000 in Richland).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	Sand Hill
Population	1,613	2,288
Median age	37.8 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,979	$86,696
Median home value	$198,000	$204,300
Median gross rent	$972	$1,546
Housing units	586	1,115
Homeownership rate	84.1%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	Sand Hill
Population	1,623 → 1,613 (-0.6%)	2,627 → 2,288 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$71,111 → $91,979 (+29.3%)	$52,647 → $86,696 (+64.7%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $198,000 (+22.9%)	$147,800 → $204,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $972 (+3.6%)	$984 → $1,546 (+57.1%)

Richland

Population

1,6231,613

Median household income

$71,111$91,979

Median home value

$161,100$198,000

Median gross rent

$938$972

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)

	Richland	Sand Hill
Under 5	7.6%	1.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	6.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	23.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	24.1%
75 and over	5.5%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	Sand Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	1.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	Sand Hill
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	Sand Hill
Drove alone	76.0%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	Sand Hill
1-unit, detached	77.8%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richland	Sand Hill
Poverty rate	4.0%	0.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1955	1973