Emerald Lakes vs Sun Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Emerald Lakes and Sun Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Emerald Lakes and Sun Valley are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Emerald Lakes has the higher population (2,839 vs 2,559 in Sun Valley). Emerald Lakes has the higher median household income ($101,688 vs $70,887 in Sun Valley). Emerald Lakes has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $210,600 in Sun Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
Population	2,839	2,559
Median age	42.3 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,688	$70,887
Median home value	$259,900	$210,600
Median gross rent	$1,016	—
Housing units	1,625	1,172
Homeownership rate	84.7%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
Population	3,495 → 2,839 (-18.8%)	2,330 → 2,559 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $101,688 (+50.6%)	$65,076 → $70,887 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $259,900 (+66.7%)	$148,200 → $210,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,400 → $1,016 (-27.4%)	$1,300 → $1,602 (+23.2%)

Emerald Lakes

Population

3,4952,839

Median household income

$67,500$101,688

Median home value

$155,900$259,900

Median gross rent

$1,400$1,016

Sun Valley

Population

2,3302,559

Median household income

$65,076$70,887

Median home value

$148,200$210,600

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
Under 5	4.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	26.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	18.7%
55 to 64	23.7%	19.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	14.4%
75 and over	0.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	78.8%
Black or African American	7.1%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	46.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
Drove alone	73.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.3%
Public transit	1.1%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	96.0%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Emerald Lakes	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1990	1989