Fountain Springs vs Grier City

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Springs and Grier City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Springs has the higher population (154 vs 121 in Grier City). Fountain Springs has the higher median household income ($60,263 vs $48,487 in Grier City).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
Population	154	121
Median age	42.1 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,263	$48,487
Median home value	—	$163,100
Housing units	80	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	29.8%	23.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
Population	377 → 154 (-59.2%)	296 → 121 (-59.1%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $60,263 (-5.5%)	$71,250 → $48,487 (-31.9%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $92,900 (-27.6%)	$92,500 → $163,100 (+76.3%)

Fountain Springs

Population

377154

Median household income

$63,750$60,263

Median home value

$128,400$92,900

Grier City

Population

296121

Median household income

$71,250$48,487

Median home value

$92,500$163,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	32.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	5.0%
55 to 64	20.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	32.2%
75 and over	3.9%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
No high school diploma	7.1%	13.3%
High school graduate	50.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
Drove alone	100.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
1-unit, detached	70.0%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	18.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Springs	Grier City
Poverty rate	48.0%	30.6%
Average household size	1.30	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	39
Median year structure built	1938	1955