Bristol vs Croydon

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Croydon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol has the higher population (9,874 vs 9,704 in Croydon). Bristol has the higher median household income ($70,595 vs $59,883 in Croydon). Croydon has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $236,400 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Croydon
Population	9,874	9,704
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,595	$59,883
Median home value	$236,400	$265,000
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,308
Housing units	4,279	3,933
Homeownership rate	61.3%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Croydon
Population	9,605 → 9,874 (+2.8%)	10,034 → 9,704 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$59,005 → $70,595 (+19.6%)	$56,599 → $59,883 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $236,400 (+35.3%)	$196,400 → $265,000 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,281 (+24.6%)	$1,064 → $1,308 (+22.9%)

Bristol

Population

9,6059,874

Median household income

$59,005$70,595

Median home value

$174,700$236,400

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,281

Croydon

Population

10,0349,704

Median household income

$56,599$59,883

Median home value

$196,400$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Croydon
Under 5	6.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.4%
75 and over	8.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Croydon
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Croydon
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Croydon
Drove alone	69.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.7%
Public transit	3.9%	1.5%
Walked	3.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	9.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Croydon
1-unit, detached	20.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	48.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	7.0%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Croydon
Poverty rate	7.0%	14.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1938	1959