Spring Mills, PA

Census Place

2024 Population

564

US Senator

John Fetterman

Democratic Party

US Senator

Dave McCormick

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

47.5

5.56% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

4.26%

18.6% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$68,750

1.27% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$229,700

Economy

The economy of Spring Mills, PA employs 302 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Spring Mills, PA were Retail Trade (53 people), Construction (47 people), and Educational Services (46 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($55,750), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($48,500), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($44,875).

Employment

Occupations

302

2024 Value

± 136

20.3%

1 Year growth

± 54.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Spring Mills, PA grew at a rate of 20.3%, from 251 employees to 302 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Spring Mills, PA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (89 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (63 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (31 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Spring Mills, PA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Pennsylvania (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

302

2024 Value

± 136

20.3%

1 Year growth

± 54.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Spring Mills, PA grew at a rate of 20.3%, from 251 employees to 302 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Spring Mills, PA, are Retail Trade (53 people), Construction (47 people), and Educational Services (46 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Spring Mills, PA, though some of these residents may live in Spring Mills, PA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$38,155

Median earning men ± $5,572

$32,101

Median earning women ± $21,769

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($41,989), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($36,917), and Retail Trade ($35,625).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($55,063) and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($44,875).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Spring Mills, PA was $229,700 in 2024, which is 0.69 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $190,600 to $229,700, a 20.5% increase. The homeownership rate in Spring Mills, PA is 73.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Spring Mills, PA have an average commute time of 25.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Spring Mills, PA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$229,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$99,708

$175

Median Property Taxes

±$76

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Spring Mills, PA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Spring Mills, PA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

73.2%

Homeownership

2024

62%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 73.2% of the housing units in Spring Mills, PA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 76.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Spring Mills, PA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$68,750

Median Household Income

± $15,373

239

Number of Households

± 91

In 2024, the median household income of the 239 households in Spring Mills, PA grew to $68,750 from the previous year's value of $67,885.

The following chart displays the households in Spring Mills, PA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Spring Mills, PA is from Pennsylvania.

0.463

2024 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

0.463

2023 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

In 2024, the income inequality in Pennsylvania was 0.463 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0903% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Pennsylvania was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pennsylvania in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Pennsylvania across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (93.7%)
Worked At Home (3.97%)
Carpooled (2.32%)

In 2024, 93.7% of workers in Spring Mills, PA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (3.97%) and those who carpooled to work (2.32%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

25.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Spring Mills, PA have a shorter commute time (25.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.41% of the workforce in Spring Mills, PA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Spring Mills, PA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Spring Mills, PA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Spring Mills, PA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4.26% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Spring Mills, PA (24 out of 564 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 15 and then Females 12 - 14.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Spring Mills, PA is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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