Blandon vs Whitfield

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

Blandon and Whitfield 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 5,346 in Whitfield). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($123,358 vs $109,775 in Blandon). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($291,500 vs $269,700 in Blandon).

Population, income & housing

	Blandon	Whitfield
Population	7,546	5,346
Median age	43.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,775	$123,358
Median home value	$269,700	$291,500
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,380
Housing units	2,823	2,054
Homeownership rate	90.3%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandon	Whitfield
Population	8,111 → 7,546 (-7.0%)	4,560 → 5,346 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$92,750 → $109,775 (+18.4%)	$79,896 → $123,358 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $269,700 (+39.0%)	$213,400 → $291,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,178 (-3.0%)	$1,180 → $1,380 (+16.9%)

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

Whitfield

Population

4,5605,346

Median household income

$79,896$123,358

Median home value

$213,400$291,500

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandon	Whitfield
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	19.7%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.9%
75 and over	4.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandon	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandon	Whitfield
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.2%
High school graduate	34.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandon	Whitfield
Drove alone	73.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	12.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandon	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	72.1%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandon	Whitfield
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1996	1972