Greenwood vs Roaring Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Roaring Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood has the higher population (3,017 vs 2,356 in Roaring Spring). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($67,661 vs $62,129 in Roaring Spring). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($149,600 vs $136,900 in Roaring Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
Population	3,017	2,356
Median age	39.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,661	$62,129
Median home value	$149,600	$136,900
Median gross rent	$1,176	$775
Housing units	1,390	1,094
Homeownership rate	75.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
Population	2,780 → 3,017 (+8.5%)	2,531 → 2,356 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$45,227 → $67,661 (+49.6%)	$51,875 → $62,129 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $149,600 (+22.7%)	$114,200 → $136,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,176 (+29.5%)	$652 → $775 (+18.9%)

Greenwood

Population

2,7803,017

Median household income

$45,227$67,661

Median home value

$121,900$149,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,176

Roaring Spring

Population

2,5312,356

Median household income

$51,875$62,129

Median home value

$114,200$136,900

Median gross rent

$652$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	7.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.7%
75 and over	7.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	25.3%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
Drove alone	83.7%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
1-unit, detached	69.1%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Roaring Spring
Poverty rate	3.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1975	1938