Penn Estates vs Sierra View

A side-by-side comparison of Penn Estates and Sierra View: population, income, housing, and more.

Penn Estates and Sierra View are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sierra View has the higher population (5,795 vs 3,691 in Penn Estates). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $85,250 in Sierra View). Sierra View has the higher median home value ($239,200 vs $233,200 in Penn Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
Population	3,691	5,795
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,080	$85,250
Median home value	$233,200	$239,200
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,728
Housing units	1,786	1,744
Homeownership rate	96.1%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
Population	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)	4,680 → 5,795 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)	$74,632 → $85,250 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)	$163,600 → $239,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)	$886 → $1,728 (+95.0%)

Penn Estates

Population

5,3633,691

Median household income

$75,492$91,080

Median home value

$161,700$233,200

Median gross rent

$1,229$2,188

Sierra View

Population

4,6805,795

Median household income

$74,632$85,250

Median home value

$163,600$239,200

Median gross rent

$886$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	22.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.4%
75 and over	1.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	45.6%
Black or African American	22.9%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	11.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	23.9%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
Drove alone	50.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	19.6%	2.4%
Public transit	13.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.9%
Other means	6.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Penn Estates	Sierra View
Poverty rate	24.0%	5.7%
Average household size	3.22	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	52	34
Median year structure built	1988	1990