Parkesburg vs Spring City

A side-by-side comparison of Parkesburg and Spring City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkesburg has the higher population (3,894 vs 3,551 in Spring City). Parkesburg has the higher median household income ($84,952 vs $73,323 in Spring City). Parkesburg has the higher median home value ($280,000 vs $253,400 in Spring City).

Population, income & housing

	Parkesburg	Spring City
Population	3,894	3,551
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,952	$73,323
Median home value	$280,000	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,203	$985
Housing units	1,562	2,093
Homeownership rate	63.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkesburg	Spring City
Population	3,842 → 3,894 (+1.4%)	3,307 → 3,551 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $84,952 (+17.6%)	$58,673 → $73,323 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $280,000 (+47.1%)	$181,300 → $253,400 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,203 (+24.0%)	$891 → $985 (+10.5%)

Parkesburg

Population

3,8423,894

Median household income

$72,250$84,952

Median home value

$190,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$970$1,203

Spring City

Population

3,3073,551

Median household income

$58,673$73,323

Median home value

$181,300$253,400

Median gross rent

$891$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkesburg	Spring City
Under 5	9.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	22.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	20.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkesburg	Spring City
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	81.4%
Black or African American	14.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	10.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkesburg	Spring City
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkesburg	Spring City
Drove alone	83.7%	70.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkesburg	Spring City
1-unit, detached	57.1%	24.0%
1-unit, attached	18.7%	32.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	19.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parkesburg	Spring City
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.53	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1987	1940