Port Matilda vs Spring Mills

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

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

Port Matilda has the higher population (552 vs 478 in Spring Mills). Spring Mills has the higher median household income ($67,885 vs $50,511 in Port Matilda). Spring Mills has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $157,200 in Port Matilda).

Population, income & housing

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
Population	552	478
Median age	41.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,511	$67,885
Median home value	$157,200	$190,600
Median gross rent	$697	$862
Housing units	316	198
Homeownership rate	63.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
Population	593 → 552 (-6.9%)	359 → 478 (+33.1%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $50,511 (-6.0%)	$34,338 → $67,885 (+97.7%)
Median home value	$119,000 → $157,200 (+32.1%)	$97,500 → $190,600 (+95.5%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $697 (+5.8%)	$820 → $862 (+5.1%)

Port Matilda

Population

593552

Median household income

$53,750$50,511

Median home value

$119,000$157,200

Median gross rent

$659$697

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)

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	22.4%
35 to 44	19.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.2%
75 and over	10.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	49.4%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
Drove alone	85.2%	89.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	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	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
1-unit, detached	63.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Port Matilda	Spring Mills
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1950	1938