Chalfont vs Village Shires

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

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

Chalfont has the higher population (4,301 vs 3,360 in Village Shires). Chalfont has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $111,218 in Village Shires). Village Shires has the higher median home value ($512,000 vs $435,700 in Chalfont).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfont	Village Shires
Population	4,301	3,360
Median age	41.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$131,944	$111,218
Median home value	$435,700	$512,000
Median gross rent	$1,984	$1,527
Housing units	1,690	1,438
Homeownership rate	83.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfont	Village Shires
Population	4,143 → 4,301 (+3.8%)	3,931 → 3,360 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$99,867 → $131,944 (+32.1%)	$87,371 → $111,218 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$322,900 → $435,700 (+34.9%)	$383,800 → $512,000 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,984 (+52.4%)	$1,840 → $1,527 (-17.0%)

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

Village Shires

Population

3,9313,360

Median household income

$87,371$111,218

Median home value

$383,800$512,000

Median gross rent

$1,840$1,527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfont	Village Shires
Under 5	3.3%	1.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.2%
75 and over	6.9%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfont	Village Shires
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfont	Village Shires
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	17.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfont	Village Shires
Drove alone	69.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	23.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfont	Village Shires
1-unit, detached	64.1%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	17.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalfont	Village Shires
Poverty rate	8.0%	0.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1977	1982