Newtown vs Penndel

A side-by-side comparison of Newtown and Penndel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penndel has the higher population (2,507 vs 2,234 in Newtown). Newtown has the higher median household income ($146,765 vs $75,000 in Penndel). Newtown has the higher median home value ($721,700 vs $318,900 in Penndel).

Population, income & housing

	Newtown	Penndel
Population	2,234	2,507
Median age	50.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,765	$75,000
Median home value	$721,700	$318,900
Median gross rent	$1,851	$1,337
Housing units	961	1,061
Homeownership rate	74.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.7%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newtown	Penndel
Population	1,957 → 2,234 (+14.2%)	2,885 → 2,507 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$112,083 → $146,765 (+30.9%)	$55,515 → $75,000 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$560,300 → $721,700 (+28.8%)	$262,000 → $318,900 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,851 (+35.8%)	$1,143 → $1,337 (+17.0%)

Newtown

Population

1,9572,234

Median household income

$112,083$146,765

Median home value

$560,300$721,700

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,851

Penndel

Population

2,8852,507

Median household income

$55,515$75,000

Median home value

$262,000$318,900

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newtown	Penndel
Under 5	6.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	17.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	21.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.9%
75 and over	8.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newtown	Penndel
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newtown	Penndel
No high school diploma	1.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newtown	Penndel
Drove alone	70.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	0.4%	3.9%
Public transit	1.4%	7.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.6%	9.1%
Other means	2.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newtown	Penndel
1-unit, detached	57.1%	36.0%
1-unit, attached	27.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	28.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Newtown	Penndel
Poverty rate	0.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1938	1958