Blanchard vs Spring Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Spring Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanchard has the higher population (538 vs 478 in Spring Mills). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $67,885 in Spring Mills). Spring Mills has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $158,900 in Blanchard).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
Population	538	478
Median age	47.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,375	$67,885
Median home value	$158,900	$190,600
Median gross rent	$907	$862
Housing units	217	198
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
Population	541 → 538 (-0.6%)	359 → 478 (+33.1%)
Median household income	$65,125 → $74,375 (+14.2%)	$34,338 → $67,885 (+97.7%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $158,900 (+0.5%)	$97,500 → $190,600 (+95.5%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $907 (-0.1%)	$820 → $862 (+5.1%)

Blanchard

Population

541538

Median household income

$65,125$74,375

Median home value

$158,100$158,900

Median gross rent

$908$907

Spring Mills

Population

359478

Median household income

$34,338$67,885

Median home value

$97,500$190,600

Median gross rent

$820$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
Under 5	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	22.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	26.6%	17.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.2%
75 and over	3.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
No high school diploma	13.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	29.6%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
Drove alone	84.1%	89.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
1-unit, detached	67.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Spring Mills
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	41	25
Median year structure built	1949	1938