Boiling Springs vs Messiah College

A side-by-side comparison of Boiling Springs and Messiah College: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boiling Springs has the higher population (3,602 vs 2,273 in Messiah College). Since 2019, Messiah College's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
Population	3,602	2,273
Median age	44.8 yrs	20.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,013	—
Median home value	$362,700	—
Median gross rent	$910	—
Housing units	1,307	8
Homeownership rate	82.6%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	83.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
Population	3,545 → 3,602 (+1.6%)	2,158 → 2,273 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$73,287 → $114,013 (+55.6%)	—
Median home value	$266,800 → $362,700 (+35.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$696 → $910 (+30.7%)	—

Boiling Springs

Population

3,5453,602

Median household income

$73,287$114,013

Median home value

$266,800$362,700

Median gross rent

$696$910

Messiah College

Population

2,1582,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.7%	98.9%
25 to 34	6.6%	0.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	0.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	0.2%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	50.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	33.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
Drove alone	88.8%	20.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	67.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
1-unit, detached	84.2%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	50.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boiling Springs	Messiah College
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.76	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	9
Median year structure built	1984	1980