Spring City vs Thorndale

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

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

Thorndale has the higher population (4,139 vs 3,551 in Spring City). Thorndale has the higher median household income ($107,995 vs $73,323 in Spring City). Thorndale has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $253,400 in Spring City).

Population, income & housing

	Spring City	Thorndale
Population	3,551	4,139
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,323	$107,995
Median home value	$253,400	$317,600
Median gross rent	$985	$1,798
Housing units	2,093	1,533
Homeownership rate	54.6%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring City	Thorndale
Population	3,307 → 3,551 (+7.4%)	3,655 → 4,139 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$58,673 → $73,323 (+25.0%)	$106,063 → $107,995 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $253,400 (+39.8%)	$237,400 → $317,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $985 (+10.5%)	$1,544 → $1,798 (+16.5%)

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

Thorndale

Population

3,6554,139

Median household income

$106,063$107,995

Median home value

$237,400$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,544$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring City	Thorndale
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	22.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.1%
75 and over	4.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring City	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	77.3%
Black or African American	3.9%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring City	Thorndale
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring City	Thorndale
Drove alone	70.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	19.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring City	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	24.0%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	32.3%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	28.8%
20 or more units	8.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring City	Thorndale
Poverty rate	15.2%	1.9%
Average household size	1.84	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1940	1976