Clark vs Sandy Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Clark and Sandy Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandy Lake has the higher population (752 vs 617 in Clark). Clark has the higher median household income ($68,250 vs $67,292 in Sandy Lake). Clark has the higher median home value ($210,800 vs $165,800 in Sandy Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clark	Sandy Lake
Population	617	752
Median age	45.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,250	$67,292
Median home value	$210,800	$165,800
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	242	341
Homeownership rate	90.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark	Sandy Lake
Population	563 → 617 (+9.6%)	628 → 752 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $68,250 (-3.1%)	$42,188 → $67,292 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $210,800 (+32.2%)	$116,600 → $165,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,125 (+22.1%)	$616 → $745 (+20.9%)

Clark

Population

563617

Median household income

$70,417$68,250

Median home value

$159,400$210,800

Median gross rent

$921$1,125

Sandy Lake

Population

628752

Median household income

$42,188$67,292

Median home value

$116,600$165,800

Median gross rent

$616$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark	Sandy Lake
Under 5	5.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	23.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	7.8%
75 and over	10.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark	Sandy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark	Sandy Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark	Sandy Lake
Drove alone	80.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark	Sandy Lake
1-unit, detached	93.8%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Clark	Sandy Lake
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1972	1954