Croydon vs Perkasie

A side-by-side comparison of Croydon and Perkasie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Croydon has the higher population (9,704 vs 9,176 in Perkasie). Perkasie has the higher median household income ($99,474 vs $59,883 in Croydon). Perkasie has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $265,000 in Croydon).

Population, income & housing

	Croydon	Perkasie
Population	9,704	9,176
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,883	$99,474
Median home value	$265,000	$338,700
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,164
Housing units	3,933	3,681
Homeownership rate	67.9%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Croydon	Perkasie
Population	10,034 → 9,704 (-3.3%)	8,550 → 9,176 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$56,599 → $59,883 (+5.8%)	$77,420 → $99,474 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $265,000 (+34.9%)	$268,100 → $338,700 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,308 (+22.9%)	$1,066 → $1,164 (+9.2%)

Croydon

Population

10,0349,704

Median household income

$56,599$59,883

Median home value

$196,400$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,308

Perkasie

Population

8,5509,176

Median household income

$77,420$99,474

Median home value

$268,100$338,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Croydon	Perkasie
Under 5	3.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.8%
75 and over	4.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Croydon	Perkasie
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Croydon	Perkasie
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Croydon	Perkasie
Drove alone	78.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Croydon	Perkasie
1-unit, detached	74.3%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	15.2%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Croydon	Perkasie
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1959	1972