Perkasie vs Richboro

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

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

Perkasie has the higher population (9,176 vs 7,033 in Richboro). Richboro has the higher median household income ($153,691 vs $99,474 in Perkasie). Richboro has the higher median home value ($519,100 vs $338,700 in Perkasie).

Population, income & housing

	Perkasie	Richboro
Population	9,176	7,033
Median age	36.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$99,474	$153,691
Median home value	$338,700	$519,100
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,991
Housing units	3,681	2,621
Homeownership rate	70.6%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.7%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perkasie	Richboro
Population	8,550 → 9,176 (+7.3%)	6,378 → 7,033 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$77,420 → $99,474 (+28.5%)	$121,599 → $153,691 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$268,100 → $338,700 (+26.3%)	$427,000 → $519,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,164 (+9.2%)	$1,688 → $1,991 (+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

Richboro

Population

6,3787,033

Median household income

$121,599$153,691

Median home value

$427,000$519,100

Median gross rent

$1,688$1,991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perkasie	Richboro
Under 5	4.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	20.7%
75 and over	5.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perkasie	Richboro
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	81.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	8.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perkasie	Richboro
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perkasie	Richboro
Drove alone	81.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perkasie	Richboro
1-unit, detached	48.9%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	30.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Perkasie	Richboro
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1972	1976