Sandy Lake vs Wheatland

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

Sandy Lake and Wheatland 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 703 in Wheatland). Sandy Lake has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $43,625 in Wheatland). Sandy Lake has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $64,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
Population	752	703
Median age	31.9 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$43,625
Median home value	$165,800	$64,600
Median gross rent	$745	$796
Housing units	341	322
Homeownership rate	58.3%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
Population	628 → 752 (+19.7%)	589 → 703 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$42,188 → $67,292 (+59.5%)	$32,206 → $43,625 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $165,800 (+42.2%)	$58,700 → $64,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $745 (+20.9%)	$682 → $796 (+16.7%)

Sandy Lake

Population

628752

Median household income

$42,188$67,292

Median home value

$116,600$165,800

Median gross rent

$616$745

Wheatland

Population

589703

Median household income

$32,206$43,625

Median home value

$58,700$64,600

Median gross rent

$682$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
Under 5	8.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	23.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	18.8%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.1%
75 and over	2.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
Drove alone	78.9%	82.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	73.3%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Sandy Lake	Wheatland
Poverty rate	14.5%	33.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	12
Median year structure built	1954	1954