Perkasie vs Quakertown

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

Perkasie 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 9,176 in Perkasie). Perkasie has the higher median household income ($99,474 vs $70,978 in Quakertown). Perkasie has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $253,200 in Quakertown).

Population, income & housing

	Perkasie	Quakertown
Population	9,176	9,298
Median age	36.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,474	$70,978
Median home value	$338,700	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,253
Housing units	3,681	3,660
Homeownership rate	70.6%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perkasie	Quakertown
Population	8,550 → 9,176 (+7.3%)	8,827 → 9,298 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$77,420 → $99,474 (+28.5%)	$62,298 → $70,978 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $338,700 (+26.3%)	$191,800 → $253,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,164 (+9.2%)	$1,062 → $1,253 (+18.0%)

Perkasie

Population

8,5509,176

Median household income

$77,420$99,474

Median home value

$268,100$338,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,164

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)

	Perkasie	Quakertown
Under 5	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.2%
75 and over	5.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perkasie	Quakertown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perkasie	Quakertown
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perkasie	Quakertown
Drove alone	81.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perkasie	Quakertown
1-unit, detached	48.9%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	30.1%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Perkasie	Quakertown
Poverty rate	7.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1972	1965