Rural Valley vs Spring Church

A side-by-side comparison of Rural Valley and Spring Church: population, income, housing, and more.

Rural Valley and Spring Church are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rural Valley has the higher population (929 vs 617 in Spring Church). Spring Church has the higher median household income ($106,136 vs $70,625 in Rural Valley). Spring Church has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $135,000 in Rural Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
Population	929	617
Median age	50.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$106,136
Median home value	$135,000	$216,700
Median gross rent	$1,046	—
Housing units	417	311
Homeownership rate	71.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
Population	923 → 929 (+0.7%)	—
Median household income	$51,042 → $70,625 (+38.4%)	—
Median home value	$96,600 → $135,000 (+39.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$670 → $1,046 (+56.1%)	—

Rural Valley

Population

923929

Median household income

$51,042$70,625

Median home value

$96,600$135,000

Median gross rent

$670$1,046

Spring Church

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
Under 5	2.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	25.1%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.8%
75 and over	6.4%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
Drove alone	83.8%	67.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	21.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
1-unit, detached	81.8%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Rural Valley	Spring Church
Poverty rate	8.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1959	1970