Penn State Berks vs Spring Ridge

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

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

Penn State Berks has the higher population (852 vs 791 in Spring Ridge). Since 2019, Penn State Berks's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
Population	852	791
Median age	19.6 yrs	72.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,829
Median home value	—	$319,100
Housing units	0	449
Homeownership rate	—	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
Population	789 → 852 (+8.0%)	917 → 791 (-13.7%)
Median household income	—	$59,485 → $47,829 (-19.6%)
Median home value	—	$251,200 → $319,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,384 → $1,392 (+0.6%)

Penn State Berks

Population

789852

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)

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.1%	3.3%
18 to 24	95.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	2.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	32.4%
75 and over	0.0%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
Drove alone	29.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	57.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
1-unit, detached	—	32.7%
1-unit, attached	—	67.3%
2 to 4 units	—	0.0%
5 to 19 units	—	0.0%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penn State Berks	Spring Ridge
Poverty rate	—	7.7%
Average household size	—	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	10	17
Median year structure built	—	1998