Bechtelsville vs Spring Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Bechtelsville and Spring Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bechtelsville has the higher population (848 vs 791 in Spring Ridge). Bechtelsville has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $47,829 in Spring Ridge). Spring Ridge has the higher median home value ($319,100 vs $232,100 in Bechtelsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
Population	848	791
Median age	36.6 yrs	72.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	$47,829
Median home value	$232,100	$319,100
Median gross rent	$1,222	—
Housing units	363	449
Homeownership rate	74.8%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
Population	1,003 → 848 (-15.5%)	917 → 791 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$75,368 → $83,229 (+10.4%)	$59,485 → $47,829 (-19.6%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $232,100 (+24.2%)	$251,200 → $319,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,222 (+19.7%)	$1,384 → $1,392 (+0.6%)

Bechtelsville

Population

1,003848

Median household income

$75,368$83,229

Median home value

$186,900$232,100

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,222

Spring Ridge

Population

917791

Median household income

$59,485$47,829

Median home value

$251,200$319,100

Median gross rent

$1,384$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	3.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	20.8%	4.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	2.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	32.4%
75 and over	5.0%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
No high school diploma	8.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	41.8%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
Drove alone	74.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
1-unit, detached	43.5%	32.7%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	67.3%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bechtelsville	Spring Ridge
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.35	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1955	1998