Avondale vs Chadds Ford

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

Avondale 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 1,286 in Avondale). Chadds Ford has the higher median household income ($169,250 vs $80,000 in Avondale). Chadds Ford has the higher median home value ($485,500 vs $294,800 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
Population	1,286	1,403
Median age	30.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$169,250
Median home value	$294,800	$485,500
Median gross rent	$1,458	—
Housing units	504	476
Homeownership rate	58.3%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
Population	1,406 → 1,286 (-8.5%)	1,523 → 1,403 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$74,007 → $80,000 (+8.1%)	$128,929 → $169,250 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$225,900 → $294,800 (+30.5%)	$421,000 → $485,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,458 (+0.1%)	—

Avondale

Population

1,4061,286

Median household income

$74,007$80,000

Median home value

$225,900$294,800

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,458

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)

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	24.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	5.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.1%
75 and over	3.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	79.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	63.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
No high school diploma	42.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.5%	12.4%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
Drove alone	66.0%	62.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	23.8%
Other means	14.9%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
1-unit, detached	44.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	30.6%	17.0%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Chadds Ford
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	40
Median year structure built	1938	1982