Sandy Lake vs West Middlesex

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

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

West Middlesex has the higher population (1,063 vs 752 in Sandy Lake). West Middlesex has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $67,292 in Sandy Lake). Sandy Lake has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $156,100 in West Middlesex).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
Population	752	1,063
Median age	31.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$82,500
Median home value	$165,800	$156,100
Median gross rent	$745	$792
Housing units	341	452
Homeownership rate	58.3%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
Population	628 → 752 (+19.7%)	861 → 1,063 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$42,188 → $67,292 (+59.5%)	$46,354 → $82,500 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $165,800 (+42.2%)	$96,600 → $156,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $745 (+20.9%)	$641 → $792 (+23.6%)

Sandy Lake

Population

628752

Median household income

$42,188$67,292

Median home value

$116,600$165,800

Median gross rent

$616$745

West Middlesex

Population

8611,063

Median household income

$46,354$82,500

Median home value

$96,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$641$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
Under 5	8.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	23.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	26.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.7%
75 and over	2.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
Drove alone	78.9%	85.0%
Carpooled	13.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
1-unit, detached	73.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Sandy Lake	West Middlesex
Poverty rate	14.5%	2.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1954	1946