Bristol vs Perkasie

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

Bristol and Perkasie 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 9,176 in Perkasie). Perkasie has the higher median household income ($99,474 vs $70,595 in Bristol). Perkasie has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $236,400 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Perkasie
Population	9,874	9,176
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,595	$99,474
Median home value	$236,400	$338,700
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,164
Housing units	4,279	3,681
Homeownership rate	61.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Perkasie
Population	9,605 → 9,874 (+2.8%)	8,550 → 9,176 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$59,005 → $70,595 (+19.6%)	$77,420 → $99,474 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $236,400 (+35.3%)	$268,100 → $338,700 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,281 (+24.6%)	$1,066 → $1,164 (+9.2%)

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

Perkasie

Population

8,5509,176

Median household income

$77,420$99,474

Median home value

$268,100$338,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Perkasie
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.8%
75 and over	8.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Perkasie
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Perkasie
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Perkasie
Drove alone	69.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.5%
Public transit	3.9%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.9%	12.6%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Perkasie
1-unit, detached	20.8%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	48.9%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Perkasie
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1938	1972