With 4,909 people, Spry is a city in Pennsylvania. At a median age of 45.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $225,100. Density works out to 1,901 people per square mile. The average commute runs 21 minutes.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,723, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Spry
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate3.5% → 9.4%(+5.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Hispanic share0.0% → 3.7%(+3.7 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)48.5%(114)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)37.4%(88)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.7%(58)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6%(14)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 235 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Spry, decade by decade
Spry population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,271
$80,604
$223,926
19.0%
6.7
2000
4,903
$89,698
$211,858
30.4%
11.5
2010
4,891
$86,235
$244,125
29.2%
20.0
2020
5,237
$94,208
$226,530
32.7%
36.1
2024
4,909
$82,723
$225,100
32.6%
41.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
