Doylestown vs Perkasie

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

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

Perkasie has the higher population (9,176 vs 8,322 in Doylestown). Perkasie has the higher median household income ($99,474 vs $93,672 in Doylestown). Doylestown has the higher median home value ($491,700 vs $338,700 in Perkasie).

Population, income & housing

	Doylestown	Perkasie
Population	8,322	9,176
Median age	51.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,672	$99,474
Median home value	$491,700	$338,700
Median gross rent	$1,754	$1,164
Housing units	4,236	3,681
Homeownership rate	49.9%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doylestown	Perkasie
Population	8,286 → 8,322 (+0.4%)	8,550 → 9,176 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$74,243 → $93,672 (+26.2%)	$77,420 → $99,474 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$408,100 → $491,700 (+20.5%)	$268,100 → $338,700 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,754 (+23.7%)	$1,066 → $1,164 (+9.2%)

Doylestown

Population

8,2868,322

Median household income

$74,243$93,672

Median home value

$408,100$491,700

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,754

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)

	Doylestown	Perkasie
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.8%
75 and over	15.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doylestown	Perkasie
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doylestown	Perkasie
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	16.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doylestown	Perkasie
Drove alone	69.6%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	8.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doylestown	Perkasie
1-unit, detached	36.1%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	20.2%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	20.1%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Doylestown	Perkasie
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1962	1972