Ashville vs Chest Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Ashville and Chest Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Ashville and Chest Springs are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ashville has the higher population (183 vs 91 in Chest Springs). Ashville has the higher median household income ($74,107 vs $63,750 in Chest Springs). Chest Springs has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $87,500 in Ashville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashville	Chest Springs
Population	183	91
Median age	49.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,107	$63,750
Median home value	$87,500	$118,800
Median gross rent	$479	—
Housing units	122	48
Homeownership rate	87.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashville	Chest Springs
Population	165 → 183 (+10.9%)	168 → 91 (-45.8%)
Median household income	$62,813 → $74,107 (+18.0%)	$67,500 → $63,750 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $87,500 (+15.4%)	$109,400 → $118,800 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $625 (+2.0%)

Ashville

Population

165183

Median household income

$62,813$74,107

Median home value

$75,800$87,500

Chest Springs

Population

16891

Median household income

$67,500$63,750

Median home value

$109,400$118,800

Median gross rent

$613$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashville	Chest Springs
Under 5	1.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	3.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	18.6%	17.6%
75 and over	8.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashville	Chest Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashville	Chest Springs
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashville	Chest Springs
Drove alone	90.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashville	Chest Springs
1-unit, detached	86.9%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashville	Chest Springs
Poverty rate	10.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1952	1956