Penn Farms vs Roaring Spring

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

Penn Farms 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 2,342 in Penn Farms). Penn Farms has the higher median household income ($105,536 vs $62,129 in Roaring Spring). Penn Farms has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $136,900 in Roaring Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
Population	2,342	2,356
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,536	$62,129
Median home value	$329,200	$136,900
Median gross rent	$1,118	$775
Housing units	890	1,094
Homeownership rate	74.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
Population	2,540 → 2,342 (-7.8%)	2,531 → 2,356 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$89,601 → $105,536 (+17.8%)	$51,875 → $62,129 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$265,200 → $329,200 (+24.1%)	$114,200 → $136,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,118 (+18.1%)	$652 → $775 (+18.9%)

Penn Farms

Population

2,5402,342

Median household income

$89,601$105,536

Median home value

$265,200$329,200

Median gross rent

$947$1,118

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)

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	19.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.7%
75 and over	2.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	19.6%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
Drove alone	89.5%	86.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
1-unit, detached	71.5%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Penn Farms	Roaring Spring
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1996	1938