Martinsburg vs Roaring Spring

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

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

Roaring Spring has the higher population (2,356 vs 1,724 in Martinsburg). Martinsburg has the higher median household income ($69,038 vs $62,129 in Roaring Spring). Martinsburg has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $136,900 in Roaring Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
Population	1,724	2,356
Median age	44.7 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$62,129
Median home value	$153,200	$136,900
Median gross rent	$790	$775
Housing units	734	1,094
Homeownership rate	73.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
Population	1,689 → 1,724 (+2.1%)	2,531 → 2,356 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $69,038 (+43.5%)	$51,875 → $62,129 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $153,200 (+11.4%)	$114,200 → $136,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $790 (+21.2%)	$652 → $775 (+18.9%)

Martinsburg

Population

1,6891,724

Median household income

$48,125$69,038

Median home value

$137,500$153,200

Median gross rent

$652$790

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)

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.7%
75 and over	17.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	44.0%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
Drove alone	82.5%	86.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.4%
Public transit	1.4%	0.9%
Walked	7.2%	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)

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
1-unit, detached	70.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	Roaring Spring
Poverty rate	5.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1958	1938