Atglen vs Chadds Ford

A side-by-side comparison of Atglen and Chadds Ford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chadds Ford has the higher population (1,403 vs 1,319 in Atglen). Chadds Ford has the higher median household income ($169,250 vs $100,000 in Atglen). Chadds Ford has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $289,900 in Atglen).

Population, income & housing

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
Population	1,319	1,403
Median age	28.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,000	$169,250
Median home value	$289,900	$485,500
Median gross rent	$1,183	—
Housing units	405	476
Homeownership rate	82.1%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
Population	1,328 → 1,319 (-0.7%)	1,523 → 1,403 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$60,104 → $100,000 (+66.4%)	$128,929 → $169,250 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$216,600 → $289,900 (+33.8%)	$421,000 → $485,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,017 → $1,183 (+16.3%)	—

Atglen

Population

1,3281,319

Median household income

$60,104$100,000

Median home value

$216,600$289,900

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,183

Chadds Ford

Population

1,5231,403

Median household income

$128,929$169,250

Median home value

$421,000$485,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
Under 5	11.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.1%
75 and over	3.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	79.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.0%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
Drove alone	73.5%	62.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	23.8%
Other means	1.8%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
1-unit, detached	75.3%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	16.0%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atglen	Chadds Ford
Poverty rate	22.8%	3.7%
Average household size	3.33	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	40
Median year structure built	1991	1982