Cassandra vs Chest Springs

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

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

Cassandra has the higher population (95 vs 91 in Chest Springs). Chest Springs has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $55,750 in Cassandra). Chest Springs has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $80,000 in Cassandra).

Population, income & housing

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
Population	95	91
Median age	45.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$63,750
Median home value	$80,000	$118,800
Housing units	46	48
Homeownership rate	82.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
Population	211 → 95 (-55.0%)	168 → 91 (-45.8%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $55,750 (+18.1%)	$67,500 → $63,750 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $80,000 (+24.6%)	$109,400 → $118,800 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $788 (-23.1%)	$613 → $625 (+2.0%)

Cassandra

Population

21195

Median household income

$47,188$55,750

Median home value

$64,200$80,000

Median gross rent

$1,025$788

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)

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	17.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	18.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	17.6%
75 and over	10.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	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	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
No high school diploma	9.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	60.8%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
Drove alone	89.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
1-unit, detached	87.0%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cassandra	Chest Springs
Poverty rate	4.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1956