Cornwells Heights vs Langhorne

A side-by-side comparison of Cornwells Heights and Langhorne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Langhorne has the higher population (1,564 vs 1,279 in Cornwells Heights). Langhorne has the higher median household income ($95,568 vs $86,917 in Cornwells Heights). Langhorne has the higher median home value ($419,900 vs $350,400 in Cornwells Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
Population	1,279	1,564
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,917	$95,568
Median home value	$350,400	$419,900
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,367
Housing units	560	602
Homeownership rate	65.0%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
Population	1,182 → 1,279 (+8.2%)	1,709 → 1,564 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $86,917 (+91.8%)	$78,750 → $95,568 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$251,700 → $350,400 (+39.2%)	$355,400 → $419,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,049 (+22.7%)	$1,063 → $1,367 (+28.6%)

Cornwells Heights

Population

1,1821,279

Median household income

$45,313$86,917

Median home value

$251,700$350,400

Median gross rent

$855$1,049

Langhorne

Population

1,7091,564

Median household income

$78,750$95,568

Median home value

$355,400$419,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
Under 5	4.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.9%
75 and over	10.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	89.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
Drove alone	81.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.2%
Public transit	2.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
1-unit, detached	64.5%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	30.6%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	6.6%
20 or more units	7.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornwells Heights	Langhorne
Poverty rate	21.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1953	1938