Fox Chase vs Hereford

A side-by-side comparison of Fox Chase and Hereford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fox Chase has the higher population (1,557 vs 1,494 in Hereford). Fox Chase has the higher median household income ($105,125 vs $69,205 in Hereford). Since 2019, Hereford's population has grown faster (+55.1% vs -3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fox Chase	Hereford
Population	1,557	1,494
Median age	52.4 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,125	$69,205
Median home value	$246,200	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,667
Housing units	599	420
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox Chase	Hereford
Population	1,612 → 1,557 (-3.4%)	963 → 1,494 (+55.1%)
Median household income	$82,061 → $105,125 (+28.1%)	$55,156 → $69,205 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$199,000 → $246,200 (+23.7%)	$29,400 → $30,700 (+4.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,360 → $1,667 (+22.6%)

Fox Chase

Population

1,6121,557

Median household income

$82,061$105,125

Median home value

$199,000$246,200

Hereford

Population

9631,494

Median household income

$55,156$69,205

Median home value

$29,400$30,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox Chase	Hereford
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	19.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	24.7%	3.6%
75 and over	4.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox Chase	Hereford
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	48.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	50.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox Chase	Hereford
No high school diploma	11.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	28.3%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox Chase	Hereford
Drove alone	89.9%	41.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	52.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox Chase	Hereford
1-unit, detached	64.9%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	35.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Fox Chase	Hereford
Poverty rate	6.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.65	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	17	33
Median year structure built	1993	1984