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Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.

A borough in Berks County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Berks County’s.

Living in Sinking Spring, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Sinking Spring is a borough of 4,286 people in Berks County. 56% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 44% are rented. Unemployment in Berks County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,286 in the 2020 census; median age 38.3
Household income Too few homes in Sinking Spring for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.3% Berks County, August 2026; 5.6% a year before
Homes 56% lived in by their owners; 44% rented
  • 1,744households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Manufacturing18%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berks County had 175,054 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 20° F M A M J J 85° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 37° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 37° 20° F M A M J J 85° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 63°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Blue Marsh Lake weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Sinking Spring

  1. Alcon Sinking SpringSurgical knife blades and handles manufacturing964
  2. FM Browns Sons Inc. Sinking SpringBird feed, prepared, manufacturing117
  3. Esterly Concrete CoBurial vaults, concrete and precast terrazzo, manufacturing27
  4. AutoZoneAutomotive car parts retailer20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,128 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sinking Spring’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berks County.