Roaring Spring vs Tyrone

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

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

Tyrone has the higher population (5,421 vs 2,356 in Roaring Spring). Roaring Spring has the higher median household income ($62,129 vs $55,568 in Tyrone). Roaring Spring has the higher median home value ($136,900 vs $122,000 in Tyrone).

Population, income & housing

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
Population	2,356	5,421
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,129	$55,568
Median home value	$136,900	$122,000
Median gross rent	$775	$788
Housing units	1,094	2,656
Homeownership rate	75.9%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
Population	2,531 → 2,356 (-6.9%)	5,217 → 5,421 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$51,875 → $62,129 (+19.8%)	$43,305 → $55,568 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $136,900 (+19.9%)	$95,900 → $122,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $775 (+18.9%)	$631 → $788 (+24.9%)

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

Tyrone

Population

5,2175,421

Median household income

$43,305$55,568

Median home value

$95,900$122,000

Median gross rent

$631$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	19.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.3%
75 and over	5.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
Drove alone	86.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	15.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
1-unit, detached	76.5%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Roaring Spring	Tyrone
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1938	1949