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Spring Ridge, PA

Spring Ridge's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

791
Residents
$47,829
Median income
$319,100
Median home
$1,225
Median rent (state)
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Sheet PA-SPRING-RIDGE-PA · Spring Ridge, PA 791 pop · income 16th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 791
  • INC-MID $47,829
  • COL-PAR 97.6
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 16th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Peavine
  • HOME-MID $319,100
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: West Peavine, OK (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Spring Ridge

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Spring Ridge on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Spring Ridge on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 791.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $47,829. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Spring Ridge - the verdict

Spring Ridge ranks in the 16th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.

16th
percentile, household income
68th
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Spring Ridge, PA

Spring Ridge is a small town in Pennsylvania, home to 791 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $47,829 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Spring Ridge run a median of $319,100, and the median resident age is 72.0 years. About 50.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 34.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Pennsylvania scores 97.6 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,225 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Spring Ridge workers runs 13.6 minutes, with 79.8% driving alone and 20.2% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 out of 100 (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Spring Ridge's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Spring Ridge, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the journey to work look like in Spring Ridge?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 13.6 minutes.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Spring Ridge?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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3. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Spring Ridge?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Rockwood (792 residents, $49,063 income); Pleasantville borough (Venango County) (794 residents, $57,500 income); Sadsburyville (788 residents, $98,519 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Johnson Park, CA (791 residents); Scottsmoor, FL (791 residents); Livingston, IL (791 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Population

791 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$47,829 /yr

Low income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

97.6 (US=100)

Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average

City profile score · Spring Ridge, PA

59/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate A+
0.0%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share A-
50.3%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Cost of living C-
97.6 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Household income F
$47,829

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Spring Ridge profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share, Cost of living, Household income. Poverty rateBachelor's+ shareCost of livingHousehold income 59 C
Spring Ridge profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) · 50.3%
  • Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
  • Household income: 17/100 (F) · $47,829

How does Spring Ridge compare to other US cities?

Where Spring Ridge sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 16% higher than other cities
Home value 68% pricier than other cities
Median rent 54% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Spring Ridge against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Pennsylvania-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Spring Ridge near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities

Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Spring Ridge ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Spring Ridge only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#1,535 of 1,765
13th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#199 of 1,790
89th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,474 of 1,856
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#163 of 1,861
91st percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

16thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

16th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Spring Ridge's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$319,100 32nd percentile more affordable than 32% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). This entry sits in this band. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Spring Ridge $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Spring Ridge's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.7×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,512 of 15,516
More affordable than 6% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,709 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 6.7×, Spring Ridge sits in the pressured band: national rank #14,512 of 15,516 and #10,709 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$47,829 Spring Ridge, PA median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Spring Ridge, PA Spring Ridge, PA's median household income ($47,829) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Spring Ridge, PA-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Spring Ridge, PA median $47,829/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Spring Ridge, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Spring Ridge, PA.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 50.3%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 0.0%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 34.4%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
791
Median Income
$47,829
Median Home Value
$319,100
Median Age
72.0
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
34.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.3%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
13.6 minutes
Drive Alone
79.8%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
20.2%

Based on 263 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).

These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Spring Ridge. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Spring Ridge is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Spring Ridge sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Spring Ridge compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Spring Ridge (this city) 791 $47,829
Rockwood 792 $49,063
Pleasantville borough (Venango County) 794 $57,500
Sadsburyville 788 $98,519
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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