Penndel vs Yardley

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

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

Yardley has the higher population (2,596 vs 2,507 in Penndel). Yardley has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $75,000 in Penndel). Yardley has the higher median home value ($469,600 vs $318,900 in Penndel).

Population, income & housing

	Penndel	Yardley
Population	2,507	2,596
Median age	31.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$118,750
Median home value	$318,900	$469,600
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,375
Housing units	1,061	1,237
Homeownership rate	42.1%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penndel	Yardley
Population	2,885 → 2,507 (-13.1%)	2,480 → 2,596 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$55,515 → $75,000 (+35.1%)	$93,875 → $118,750 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$262,000 → $318,900 (+21.7%)	$363,300 → $469,600 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,337 (+17.0%)	$1,330 → $1,375 (+3.4%)

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

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)

	Penndel	Yardley
Under 5	4.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	17.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.3%
75 and over	3.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penndel	Yardley
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	22.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penndel	Yardley
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	26.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penndel	Yardley
Drove alone	75.3%	64.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.2%
Public transit	7.3%	2.9%
Walked	2.6%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.1%	19.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penndel	Yardley
1-unit, detached	36.0%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	28.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	11.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penndel	Yardley
Poverty rate	11.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1958	1963