Chalfont vs Sellersville

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

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

Sellersville has the higher population (4,545 vs 4,301 in Chalfont). Chalfont has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $88,516 in Sellersville). Chalfont has the higher median home value ($435,700 vs $304,700 in Sellersville).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfont	Sellersville
Population	4,301	4,545
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$131,944	$88,516
Median home value	$435,700	$304,700
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,344
Housing units	1,690	1,846
Homeownership rate	83.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfont	Sellersville
Population	4,143 → 4,301 (+3.8%)	4,270 → 4,545 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$99,867 → $131,944 (+32.1%)	$68,443 → $88,516 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$322,900 → $435,700 (+34.9%)	$219,900 → $304,700 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,984 (+52.4%)	$1,048 → $1,344 (+28.2%)

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

Sellersville

Population

4,2704,545

Median household income

$68,443$88,516

Median home value

$219,900$304,700

Median gross rent

$1,048$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfont	Sellersville
Under 5	3.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.6%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfont	Sellersville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfont	Sellersville
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfont	Sellersville
Drove alone	69.7%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.9%	2.6%
Walked	1.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	12.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfont	Sellersville
1-unit, detached	64.1%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	35.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalfont	Sellersville
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1977	1970