New Britain vs Woodside

A side-by-side comparison of New Britain and Woodside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Britain has the higher population (2,822 vs 2,676 in Woodside). Woodside has the higher median household income ($178,333 vs $123,819 in New Britain). Woodside has the higher median home value ($638,500 vs $388,100 in New Britain).

Population, income & housing

	New Britain	Woodside
Population	2,822	2,676
Median age	22.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$123,819	$178,333
Median home value	$388,100	$638,500
Median gross rent	$2,034	—
Housing units	762	838
Homeownership rate	86.4%	99.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	62.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Britain	Woodside
Population	2,966 → 2,822 (-4.9%)	2,444 → 2,676 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$98,088 → $123,819 (+26.2%)	$195,417 → $178,333 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $388,100 (+31.8%)	$518,400 → $638,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,034 (+23.8%)	—

New Britain

Population

2,9662,822

Median household income

$98,088$123,819

Median home value

$294,500$388,100

Median gross rent

$1,643$2,034

Woodside

Population

2,4442,676

Median household income

$195,417$178,333

Median home value

$518,400$638,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Britain	Woodside
Under 5	2.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.9%
18 to 24	37.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	12.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Britain	Woodside
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	84.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Britain	Woodside
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	18.2%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Britain	Woodside
Drove alone	64.9%	58.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.7%
Public transit	1.1%	5.1%
Walked	5.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	33.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Britain	Woodside
1-unit, detached	68.2%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Britain	Woodside
Poverty rate	3.9%	0.4%
Average household size	2.71	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1971	1982