Mowrystown vs Sinking Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Mowrystown and Sinking Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Mowrystown and Sinking Spring are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mowrystown has the higher population (522 vs 426 in Sinking Spring). Sinking Spring has the higher median household income ($105,368 vs $73,833 in Mowrystown). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $81,800 in Mowrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
Population	522	426
Median age	29.9 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,833	$105,368
Median home value	$81,800	$129,400
Median gross rent	$793	—
Housing units	181	168
Homeownership rate	70.5%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	0.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
Population	361 → 522 (+44.6%)	167 → 426 (+155.1%)
Median household income	$42,411 → $73,833 (+74.1%)	$38,750 → $105,368 (+171.9%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $81,800 (+21.5%)	$82,800 → $129,400 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $793 (+20.5%)	—

Mowrystown

Population

361522

Median household income

$42,411$73,833

Median home value

$67,300$81,800

Median gross rent

$658$793

Sinking Spring

Population

167426

Median household income

$38,750$105,368

Median home value

$82,800$129,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
Under 5	1.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	29.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	13.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	23.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	1.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	22.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	6.1%
65 to 74	2.3%	2.1%
75 and over	2.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	26.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	87.9%	87.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	80.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mowrystown	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	34.5%	8.0%
Average household size	3.14	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1938	1971