Pennside vs Whitfield

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

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

Pennside has the higher population (5,406 vs 5,346 in Whitfield). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($123,358 vs $77,411 in Pennside). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($291,500 vs $195,000 in Pennside).

Population, income & housing

	Pennside	Whitfield
Population	5,406	5,346
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,411	$123,358
Median home value	$195,000	$291,500
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,380
Housing units	2,352	2,054
Homeownership rate	77.7%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennside	Whitfield
Population	4,304 → 5,406 (+25.6%)	4,560 → 5,346 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$65,295 → $77,411 (+18.6%)	$79,896 → $123,358 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $195,000 (+27.5%)	$213,400 → $291,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,289 (+34.3%)	$1,180 → $1,380 (+16.9%)

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

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)

	Pennside	Whitfield
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	20.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.9%
75 and over	7.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennside	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennside	Whitfield
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennside	Whitfield
Drove alone	81.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	15.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennside	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	57.7%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	5.1%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pennside	Whitfield
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1955	1972