Hollidaysburg vs Roaring Spring

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

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

Hollidaysburg has the higher population (5,581 vs 2,356 in Roaring Spring). Hollidaysburg has the higher median household income ($62,319 vs $62,129 in Roaring Spring). Hollidaysburg has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $136,900 in Roaring Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
Population	5,581	2,356
Median age	47.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,319	$62,129
Median home value	$190,500	$136,900
Median gross rent	$1,082	$775
Housing units	2,951	1,094
Homeownership rate	70.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
Population	5,701 → 5,581 (-2.1%)	2,531 → 2,356 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$49,049 → $62,319 (+27.1%)	$51,875 → $62,129 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $190,500 (+19.7%)	$114,200 → $136,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,082 (+44.3%)	$652 → $775 (+18.9%)

Hollidaysburg

Population

5,7015,581

Median household income

$49,049$62,319

Median home value

$159,200$190,500

Median gross rent

$750$1,082

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)

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
Under 5	2.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	19.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.7%
75 and over	14.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	23.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
Drove alone	80.1%	86.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	7.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
1-unit, detached	69.2%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Hollidaysburg	Roaring Spring
Poverty rate	6.6%	13.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1942	1938