Dallastown vs Spry

A side-by-side comparison of Dallastown and Spry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spry has the higher population (4,857 vs 4,171 in Dallastown). Spry has the higher median household income ($88,529 vs $59,423 in Dallastown). Spry has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $171,600 in Dallastown).

Population, income & housing

	Dallastown	Spry
Population	4,171	4,857
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$88,529
Median home value	$171,600	$215,600
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,412
Housing units	1,778	2,248
Homeownership rate	43.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallastown	Spry
Population	3,852 → 4,171 (+8.3%)	4,588 → 4,857 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$53,065 → $59,423 (+12.0%)	$77,564 → $88,529 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $171,600 (+45.7%)	$175,600 → $215,600 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,130 (+27.3%)	$1,202 → $1,412 (+17.5%)

Dallastown

Population

3,8524,171

Median household income

$53,065$59,423

Median home value

$117,800$171,600

Median gross rent

$888$1,130

Spry

Population

4,5884,857

Median household income

$77,564$88,529

Median home value

$175,600$215,600

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallastown	Spry
Under 5	11.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.0%
75 and over	4.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallastown	Spry
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallastown	Spry
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	37.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallastown	Spry
Drove alone	77.2%	84.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallastown	Spry
1-unit, detached	44.8%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Dallastown	Spry
Poverty rate	9.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1959	1973