New Britain vs Yardley

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

New Britain and Yardley 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 2,596 in Yardley). New Britain has the higher median household income ($123,819 vs $118,750 in Yardley). Yardley has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $388,100 in New Britain).

Population, income & housing

	New Britain	Yardley
Population	2,822	2,596
Median age	22.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$123,819	$118,750
Median home value	$388,100	$469,600
Median gross rent	$2,034	$1,375
Housing units	762	1,237
Homeownership rate	86.4%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Britain	Yardley
Population	2,966 → 2,822 (-4.9%)	2,480 → 2,596 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$98,088 → $123,819 (+26.2%)	$93,875 → $118,750 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $388,100 (+31.8%)	$363,300 → $469,600 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,643 → $2,034 (+23.8%)	$1,330 → $1,375 (+3.4%)

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

Yardley

Population

2,4802,596

Median household income

$93,875$118,750

Median home value

$363,300$469,600

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Britain	Yardley
Under 5	2.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	37.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	10.3%
75 and over	5.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Britain	Yardley
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Britain	Yardley
No high school diploma	4.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	18.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Britain	Yardley
Drove alone	64.9%	64.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.2%
Public transit	1.1%	2.9%
Walked	5.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	18.5%	19.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Britain	Yardley
1-unit, detached	68.2%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	18.6%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	15.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Britain	Yardley
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1971	1963