Bristol vs Quakertown

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

Bristol and Quakertown 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 9,298 in Quakertown). Quakertown has the higher median household income ($70,978 vs $70,595 in Bristol). Quakertown has the higher median home value ($253,200 vs $236,400 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Quakertown
Population	9,874	9,298
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,595	$70,978
Median home value	$236,400	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,253
Housing units	4,279	3,660
Homeownership rate	61.3%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Quakertown
Population	9,605 → 9,874 (+2.8%)	8,827 → 9,298 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$59,005 → $70,595 (+19.6%)	$62,298 → $70,978 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $236,400 (+35.3%)	$191,800 → $253,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,281 (+24.6%)	$1,062 → $1,253 (+18.0%)

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

Quakertown

Population

8,8279,298

Median household income

$62,298$70,978

Median home value

$191,800$253,200

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Quakertown
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.2%
75 and over	8.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Quakertown
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Quakertown
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Quakertown
Drove alone	69.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.4%
Public transit	3.9%	0.2%
Walked	3.7%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	11.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Quakertown
1-unit, detached	20.8%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	48.9%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Quakertown
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1938	1965