Doylestown vs Quakertown

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

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

Quakertown has the higher population (9,298 vs 8,322 in Doylestown). Doylestown has the higher median household income ($93,672 vs $70,978 in Quakertown). Doylestown has the higher median home value ($491,700 vs $253,200 in Quakertown).

Population, income & housing

	Doylestown	Quakertown
Population	8,322	9,298
Median age	51.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,672	$70,978
Median home value	$491,700	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,754	$1,253
Housing units	4,236	3,660
Homeownership rate	49.9%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doylestown	Quakertown
Population	8,286 → 8,322 (+0.4%)	8,827 → 9,298 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$74,243 → $93,672 (+26.2%)	$62,298 → $70,978 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$408,100 → $491,700 (+20.5%)	$191,800 → $253,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,754 (+23.7%)	$1,062 → $1,253 (+18.0%)

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

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)

	Doylestown	Quakertown
Under 5	4.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.2%
75 and over	15.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doylestown	Quakertown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doylestown	Quakertown
No high school diploma	2.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	16.2%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doylestown	Quakertown
Drove alone	69.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	8.3%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doylestown	Quakertown
1-unit, detached	36.1%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	20.2%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	12.6%
20 or more units	20.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Doylestown	Quakertown
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.6%
Average household size	1.92	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1962	1965