Blandon vs Pennside

A side-by-side comparison of Blandon and Pennside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blandon has the higher population (7,546 vs 5,406 in Pennside). Blandon has the higher median household income ($109,775 vs $77,411 in Pennside). Blandon has the higher median home value ($269,700 vs $195,000 in Pennside).

Population, income & housing

	Blandon	Pennside
Population	7,546	5,406
Median age	43.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$109,775	$77,411
Median home value	$269,700	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,289
Housing units	2,823	2,352
Homeownership rate	90.3%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandon	Pennside
Population	8,111 → 7,546 (-7.0%)	4,304 → 5,406 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$92,750 → $109,775 (+18.4%)	$65,295 → $77,411 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $269,700 (+39.0%)	$153,000 → $195,000 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,178 (-3.0%)	$960 → $1,289 (+34.3%)

Blandon

Population

8,1117,546

Median household income

$92,750$109,775

Median home value

$194,000$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,178

Pennside

Population

4,3045,406

Median household income

$65,295$77,411

Median home value

$153,000$195,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,289

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandon	Pennside
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	21.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	19.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.9%
75 and over	4.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandon	Pennside
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	67.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandon	Pennside
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandon	Pennside
Drove alone	73.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	12.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandon	Pennside
1-unit, detached	72.1%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandon	Pennside
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1996	1955