Reynolds Heights vs Sandy Lake

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

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

Reynolds Heights has the higher population (1,865 vs 752 in Sandy Lake). Sandy Lake has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $52,233 in Reynolds Heights). Sandy Lake has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $109,600 in Reynolds Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
Population	1,865	752
Median age	53.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,233	$67,292
Median home value	$109,600	$165,800
Median gross rent	$963	$745
Housing units	898	341
Homeownership rate	70.2%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
Population	1,720 → 1,865 (+8.4%)	628 → 752 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$63,403 → $52,233 (-17.6%)	$42,188 → $67,292 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $109,600 (+6.5%)	$116,600 → $165,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $963 (+71.7%)	$616 → $745 (+20.9%)

Reynolds Heights

Population

1,7201,865

Median household income

$63,403$52,233

Median home value

$102,900$109,600

Median gross rent

$561$963

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)

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
Under 5	4.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.4%	23.8%
35 to 44	4.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	21.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	29.1%	7.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	48.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
Drove alone	82.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.7%
Other means	10.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
1-unit, detached	63.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.6%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Reynolds Heights	Sandy Lake
Poverty rate	13.7%	14.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1969	1954