Mount Holly Springs vs Shippensburg University

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Holly Springs and Shippensburg University: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Holly Springs and Shippensburg University are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Holly Springs has the higher population (2,333 vs 1,944 in Shippensburg University). Since 2019, Mount Holly Springs's population has grown faster (+17.1% vs +0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
Population	2,333	1,944
Median age	35.5 yrs	19.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,388	—
Median home value	$161,400	—
Median gross rent	$968	$709
Housing units	932	17
Homeownership rate	58.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
Population	1,992 → 2,333 (+17.1%)	1,937 → 1,944 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$47,240 → $68,388 (+44.8%)	$16,774 → $20,833 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $161,400 (+27.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$815 → $968 (+18.8%)	—

Mount Holly Springs

Population

1,9922,333

Median household income

$47,240$68,388

Median home value

$126,500$161,400

Median gross rent

$815$968

Shippensburg University

Population

1,9371,944

Median household income

$16,774$20,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	97.7%
25 to 34	20.7%	2.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	0.0%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	65.9%
Black or African American	15.9%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
No high school diploma	6.2%	18.2%
High school graduate	55.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	6.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
Drove alone	80.9%	29.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	43.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
1-unit, detached	48.3%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	41.2%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Holly Springs	Shippensburg University
Poverty rate	13.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1957	1982