Penn Estates vs Sun Valley

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

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

Penn Estates has the higher population (3,691 vs 2,559 in Sun Valley). Penn Estates has the higher median household income ($91,080 vs $70,887 in Sun Valley). Penn Estates has the higher median home value ($233,200 vs $210,600 in Sun Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
Population	3,691	2,559
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,080	$70,887
Median home value	$233,200	$210,600
Median gross rent	$2,188	—
Housing units	1,786	1,172
Homeownership rate	96.1%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
Population	5,363 → 3,691 (-31.2%)	2,330 → 2,559 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$75,492 → $91,080 (+20.6%)	$65,076 → $70,887 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $233,200 (+44.2%)	$148,200 → $210,600 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $2,188 (+78.0%)	$1,300 → $1,602 (+23.2%)

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

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)

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
Under 5	3.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	18.7%
55 to 64	22.4%	19.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.4%
75 and over	1.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	29.2%	78.8%
Black or African American	22.9%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.5%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
Drove alone	50.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	19.6%	14.3%
Public transit	13.4%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.7%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
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%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Penn Estates	Sun Valley
Poverty rate	24.0%	5.8%
Average household size	3.22	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	52	38
Median year structure built	1988	1989