Chalfant vs Sewickley Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Chalfant and Sewickley Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chalfant has the higher population (750 vs 746 in Sewickley Heights). Sewickley Heights has the higher median household income ($203,000 vs $58,116 in Chalfant). Sewickley Heights has the higher median home value ($1,002,800 vs $110,000 in Chalfant).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
Population	750	746
Median age	40.6 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,116	$203,000
Median home value	$110,000	$1,002,800
Median gross rent	$748	$1,469
Housing units	450	368
Homeownership rate	47.5%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
Population	683 → 750 (+9.8%)	741 → 746 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,161 → $58,116 (+41.2%)	$240,417 → $203,000 (-15.6%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $110,000 (+40.3%)	$987,800 → $1,002,800 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $748 (+23.6%)	$1,266 → $1,469 (+16.0%)

Chalfant

Population

683750

Median household income

$41,161$58,116

Median home value

$78,400$110,000

Median gross rent

$605$748

Sewickley Heights

Population

741746

Median household income

$240,417$203,000

Median home value

$987,800$1,002,800

Median gross rent

$1,266$1,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
Under 5	4.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.3%
75 and over	5.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	18.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	43.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
Drove alone	74.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	27.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
1-unit, detached	72.0%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Chalfant	Sewickley Heights
Poverty rate	10.0%	1.2%
Average household size	1.84	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1956	1957