Chalfont vs Newtown Grant

A side-by-side comparison of Chalfont and Newtown Grant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newtown Grant has the higher population (6,070 vs 4,301 in Chalfont). Newtown Grant has the higher median household income ($175,403 vs $131,944 in Chalfont). Newtown Grant has the higher median home value ($571,900 vs $435,700 in Chalfont).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
Population	4,301	6,070
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$131,944	$175,403
Median home value	$435,700	$571,900
Median gross rent	$1,984	$2,379
Housing units	1,690	2,323
Homeownership rate	83.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	67.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
Population	4,143 → 4,301 (+3.8%)	3,562 → 6,070 (+70.4%)
Median household income	$99,867 → $131,944 (+32.1%)	$121,094 → $175,403 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$322,900 → $435,700 (+34.9%)	$357,600 → $571,900 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,984 (+52.4%)	$1,842 → $2,379 (+29.2%)

Chalfont

Population

4,1434,301

Median household income

$99,867$131,944

Median home value

$322,900$435,700

Median gross rent

$1,302$1,984

Newtown Grant

Population

3,5626,070

Median household income

$121,094$175,403

Median home value

$357,600$571,900

Median gross rent

$1,842$2,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
Under 5	3.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.9%
75 and over	6.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	17.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
Drove alone	69.7%	64.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	31.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
1-unit, detached	64.1%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	50.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalfont	Newtown Grant
Poverty rate	8.0%	2.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1977	1992