Croydon vs Quakertown

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

Croydon and Quakertown 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 9,298 in Quakertown). Quakertown has the higher median household income ($70,978 vs $59,883 in Croydon). Croydon has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $253,200 in Quakertown).

Population, income & housing

	Croydon	Quakertown
Population	9,704	9,298
Median age	42.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,883	$70,978
Median home value	$265,000	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,253
Housing units	3,933	3,660
Homeownership rate	67.9%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Croydon	Quakertown
Population	10,034 → 9,704 (-3.3%)	8,827 → 9,298 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$56,599 → $59,883 (+5.8%)	$62,298 → $70,978 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $265,000 (+34.9%)	$191,800 → $253,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,308 (+22.9%)	$1,062 → $1,253 (+18.0%)

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

Quakertown

Population

8,8279,298

Median household income

$62,298$70,978

Median home value

$191,800$253,200

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Croydon	Quakertown
Under 5	3.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.2%
75 and over	4.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Croydon	Quakertown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	77.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Croydon	Quakertown
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	46.0%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Croydon	Quakertown
Drove alone	78.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Croydon	Quakertown
1-unit, detached	74.3%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	15.2%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Croydon	Quakertown
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1959	1965