Fountain Springs vs New Boston

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

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

New Boston has the higher population (160 vs 154 in Fountain Springs). New Boston has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $60,263 in Fountain Springs). Since 2019, New Boston's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
Population	154	160
Median age	42.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,263	$64,375
Median home value	—	$83,000
Housing units	80	120
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	29.8%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
Population	377 → 154 (-59.2%)	120 → 160 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $60,263 (-5.5%)	$53,333 → $64,375 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $92,900 (-27.6%)	$47,200 → $83,000 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$673 → $678 (+0.7%)

Fountain Springs

Population

377154

Median household income

$63,750$60,263

Median home value

$128,400$92,900

New Boston

Population

120160

Median household income

$53,333$64,375

Median home value

$47,200$83,000

Median gross rent

$673$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	20.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	32.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	20.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	14.4%
75 and over	3.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	77.5%
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%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
No high school diploma	7.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
Drove alone	100.0%	62.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	32.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
1-unit, detached	70.0%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	45.0%
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%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Springs	New Boston
Poverty rate	48.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1938	1938