Lake Latonka vs Sandy Lake

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

Lake Latonka 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 741 in Lake Latonka). Lake Latonka has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $67,292 in Sandy Lake). Lake Latonka has the higher median home value ($354,500 vs $165,800 in Sandy Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
Population	741	752
Median age	57.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,813	$67,292
Median home value	$354,500	$165,800
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	521	341
Homeownership rate	97.4%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
Population	844 → 741 (-12.2%)	628 → 752 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$81,641 → $107,813 (+32.1%)	$42,188 → $67,292 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $354,500 (+46.1%)	$116,600 → $165,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $2,167 (+55.2%)	$616 → $745 (+20.9%)

Lake Latonka

Population

844741

Median household income

$81,641$107,813

Median home value

$242,700$354,500

Median gross rent

$1,396$2,167

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)

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
Under 5	2.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	23.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	20.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	21.1%	7.8%
75 and over	13.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
No high school diploma	0.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.4%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
Drove alone	78.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	5.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
1-unit, detached	99.6%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Latonka	Sandy Lake
Poverty rate	2.4%	14.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1987	1954