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Roaring Spring, PA

2,356 Population
0.8 square miles 2,926.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,882 ±$3,446 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $34,593 ±$1,040
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$62,129 ±$4,997 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $60,594 ±$1,783
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.5% ±6.8% (318  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 13% 15,388 (±1.1% / ±1,344)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

37.8 minutes ±22 (45,220  ±27,684) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 20.9 1,089,275 (±1 / ±55,477)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

997 ±107 Number of households
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 50,548 ±565
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0 (2,351  ±256) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 2.3 118,005 (±0 / ±167)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.7% ±1.8% (11  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 5.4% † 1,378 (±0.8% / ±210)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,094 ±113 Number of housing units
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 55,788 ±163
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$136,900 ±$16,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $156,700 ±$3,807
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.1% ±2.7% (167  ±65.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 10.4% 12,605 (±0.9% / ±1,064.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.1% ±5.2% (1,611  ±218.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 93.2% 81,241 (±2.1% / ±1,801.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
18.7% ±4.7% (313  ±88.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 24.1% 20,990 (±1.2% / ±1,026.7)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.2% (29  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 1.3% 1,593
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.2% ±1.5% (77  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 8,493 (±0.7% / ±647)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
77 Total veterans ±29 73 Male ±28 4 Female ±6

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