Harleysville vs Sanatoga

A side-by-side comparison of Harleysville and Sanatoga: population, income, housing, and more.

Harleysville and Sanatoga are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sanatoga has the higher population (9,048 vs 9,034 in Harleysville). Harleysville has the higher median household income ($111,530 vs $86,624 in Sanatoga). Harleysville has the higher median home value ($416,400 vs $280,100 in Sanatoga).

Population, income & housing

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
Population	9,034	9,048
Median age	49.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,530	$86,624
Median home value	$416,400	$280,100
Median gross rent	$1,712	$1,560
Housing units	3,746	3,296
Homeownership rate	67.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
Population	9,568 → 9,034 (-5.6%)	8,588 → 9,048 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $111,530 (+27.5%)	$69,951 → $86,624 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$321,500 → $416,400 (+29.5%)	$191,900 → $280,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,424 → $1,712 (+20.2%)	$1,011 → $1,560 (+54.3%)

Harleysville

Population

9,5689,034

Median household income

$87,500$111,530

Median home value

$321,500$416,400

Median gross rent

$1,424$1,712

Sanatoga

Population

8,5889,048

Median household income

$69,951$86,624

Median home value

$191,900$280,100

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.2%
75 and over	12.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	71.5%
Black or African American	5.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
Drove alone	66.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	13.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
1-unit, detached	50.4%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	42.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	14.8%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Harleysville	Sanatoga
Poverty rate	6.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1985	1987