Seneca vs Sugarcreek

A side-by-side comparison of Seneca and Sugarcreek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sugarcreek has the higher population (4,745 vs 1,455 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($73,478 vs $59,594 in Sugarcreek). Seneca has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $100,000 in Sugarcreek).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
Population	1,455	4,745
Median age	49.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,478	$59,594
Median home value	$134,900	$100,000
Median gross rent	$715	$981
Housing units	700	2,314
Homeownership rate	76.6%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
Population	984 → 1,455 (+47.9%)	5,014 → 4,745 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$45,096 → $73,478 (+62.9%)	$42,315 → $59,594 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $134,900 (+18.1%)	$76,700 → $100,000 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $715 (-18.5%)	$601 → $981 (+63.2%)

Seneca

Population

9841,455

Median household income

$45,096$73,478

Median home value

$114,200$134,900

Median gross rent

$877$715

Sugarcreek

Population

5,0144,745

Median household income

$42,315$59,594

Median home value

$76,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$601$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
Under 5	8.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	1.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	20.1%	12.4%
75 and over	8.5%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
No high school diploma	0.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
Drove alone	82.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
1-unit, detached	78.7%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Sugarcreek
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1975	1954