A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Kennett Square$3,940/mo

Typical home $629K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.22% · or rent about $1,396/mo · Housing →

Sinking Spring$1,900/mo

Typical home $283K (Census) · tax rate 1.76% · or rent about $1,342/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,040 a month, about $24,400 a year, between Kennett Square and Sinking Spring.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Kennett Square places higher on 11 of 19 PA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Pennsylvania ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B+Kennett SquareSafer than 72% of U.S. towns –Sinking SpringNot graded

Schools

B+Kennett SquareBetter than 65% of districts in the state –Sinking SpringNot graded

Health

AKennett SquareHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns B−Sinking SpringHealthier than 48% of U.S. towns

11Kennett Square

8Sinking Spring

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest smokersHealth · 1058 towns #50#664 HealthiestHealth · 1058 towns #153#675 Fastest growingGrowth · 1058 towns #738#228 Most activeHealth · 1058 towns #199#682 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 1058 towns #699#225 Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #51#466 Lowest obesityHealth · 1058 towns #262#635 Most conserved landOutdoors · 1055 towns #575#919

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Kennett Square’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Kennett SquareSinking Spring

Snow a year12″27″

January low24°F —

July high84°F —

Growing season (days)209d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)28th 12th

Outdoors & history

Kennett SquareSinking Spring

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land6.9%1.9%

Settled1682 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—8

Famous people born here—3

Community

Kennett SquareSinking Spring

Library hours a week61 hrs 46 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

37 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Kennett SquarePA Sinking SpringPA

Kennett Square ↔ Sinking Spring37 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

Kennett SquareSinking Spring

People

Population 6,243Highest 4,281Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.2%Lowest PA: +2.4% +6.9%Highest PA: +2.4%

Median age 38.3±4.4 6% below PA 38.3±4.5 6% below PA

Kids under 18 22.6%±3.8Lowest PA: 20.4% 22.8%±4.7Highest PA: 20.4%

Sinking Spring and Kennett Square are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15.2%±3.7Lowest PA: 19.5% 17.4%±5.7Highest PA: 19.5%

Sinking Spring and Kennett Square are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.8%Highest PA: 35.2% 34.1%Lowest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.4%±2.8Highest PA: 6.1% 6.5%±3.7Lowest PA: 6.1%

Kennett Square and Sinking Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,505±$18kLowest 3% above PA $82,500±$21kHighest 6% above PA

Sinking Spring and Kennett Square are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $402,700±$36kHighest 58% above PA $283,200±$11kLowest 11% above PA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,396±$171Highest 15% above PA $1,342±$202Lowest 11% above PA

Kennett Square and Sinking Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,903Lowest 48% above PA $4,994Highest 51% above PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55%±20.1Highest PA: 48.2% 51.2%±19Lowest PA: 48.2%

Kennett Square and Sinking Spring are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 5.3%Lowest PA: 11.7% 7.8%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.3%Highest PA: 69.3% 55.6%Lowest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 8 yrs older than PA 1973Highest 8 yrs newer than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 24% below PA 23 minHighest 12% below PA

Work from home 9.1%±3.5Lowest PA: 15.6% 11.6%±4.4Highest PA: 15.6%

Sinking Spring and Kennett Square are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8%Highest 4.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.95Highest 0.93Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kennett Township (12%)Reading (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sinking SpringFew work in Kennett Square

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.9%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 157Highest 81.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #622 of 765 in PA—

School district Kennett Consolidated SD—

High school in town Kennett High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 14.7 —

Pennsylvania average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Kennett Square vs Sinking Spring

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $2,040 more a month in Kennett Square

Kennett Square places higher on 11 of 19 PA lists

What daily life feels like in each

37 miles apart

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