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SheetPA-SPRINGMONT-PA · Springmont, PA 1,552 pop · income 64th pct
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 Springmont
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Springmont on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
La Playa comu… · lowest
28,618
La Playa comu… · lowest
28,618 median HH income
23.5% of the leader · rank #1
Ballston Spa · near
82,341
Ballston Spa · near
82,341 median HH income
67.6% of the leader · rank #2
Springmont · this city
82,353
Springmont · this city
82,353 median HH income
67.6% of the leader · rank #3
Green · near
82,353
Green · near
82,353 median HH income
67.6% of the leader · rank #4
Agawam · near
82,359
Agawam · near
82,359 median HH income
67.6% of the leader · rank #5
Eggertsville · near
82,359
Eggertsville · near
82,359 median HH income
67.6% of the leader · rank #6
Point Venture · highest
121,750
Point Venture · highest
121,750 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Springmont 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: 1,552.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Springmont places in the 64th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
64th
percentile, household income
51st
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: Springmont, PA
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,552 residents in Springmont, a small town within Pennsylvania. Median household income here is $82,353 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Springmont's housing stock carries a median value of $229,200, and the median resident age is 34.3 years. About 24.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 78.7% 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. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,225 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 67.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Springmont'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 housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Springmont, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Springmont?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Springmont?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 93.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Springmont?
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 Centre Hall (1,548 residents, $70,469 income); Fox Chase (1,557 residents, $105,125 income); Penn State Erie (Behrend) (1,561 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Holstein, IA (1,552 residents); Trumansburg, NY (1,552 residents); Point Venture, TX (1,552 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.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
B-
City profile score · Springmont, PA
66/100
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.
Household income C+
$82,353
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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.
Bachelor's+ share D
24.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Springmont profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 62/100 (C+) · $82,353
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 48/100 (D) · 24.6%
How does Springmont compare to other US cities?
Springmont measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income64% higher than other cities
Home value51% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% 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 Springmont 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 Springmont near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Springmont ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Springmont only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#493 of 1,765
72nd percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#477 of 1,790
73rd percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,474 of 1,856
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#779 of 1,861
58th 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.
Gauge source note
64th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Springmont's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$229,20049th percentilemore affordable than 49% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Springmont's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,492 of 15,516
More affordable than 65% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,779 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Springmont sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,492 of 15,516 and #4,779 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$82,353Springmont, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Springmont, 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 Springmont, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)78.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,552
Median Income
$82,353
Median Home Value
$229,200
Median Age
34.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
78.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
24.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
93.2%
Carpool
3.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.9%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 881 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 Springmont. 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 Springmont 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 Springmont sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Springmont 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.
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.