Colony Park vs Muhlenberg Park

A side-by-side comparison of Colony Park and Muhlenberg Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muhlenberg Park has the higher population (1,179 vs 1,125 in Colony Park). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median household income ($94,426 vs $83,229 in Colony Park). Colony Park has the higher median home value ($302,700 vs $266,300 in Muhlenberg Park).

Population, income & housing

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
Population	1,125	1,179
Median age	46.1 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	$94,426
Median home value	$302,700	$266,300
Median gross rent	$1,527	—
Housing units	521	623
Homeownership rate	83.7%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
Population	1,289 → 1,125 (-12.7%)	1,656 → 1,179 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $83,229 (-9.7%)	$75,653 → $94,426 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $302,700 (+12.9%)	$165,200 → $266,300 (+61.2%)

Colony Park

Population

1,2891,125

Median household income

$92,143$83,229

Median home value

$268,200$302,700

Muhlenberg Park

Population

1,6561,179

Median household income

$75,653$94,426

Median home value

$165,200$266,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
Under 5	3.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	2.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	6.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	33.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	16.8%
75 and over	10.7%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	85.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
No high school diploma	1.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.9%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
Drove alone	76.1%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
1-unit, detached	72.2%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colony Park	Muhlenberg Park
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1980	1963