Berwyn vs Parkesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Berwyn and Parkesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkesburg has the higher population (3,894 vs 3,867 in Berwyn). Berwyn has the higher median household income ($137,206 vs $84,952 in Parkesburg). Berwyn has the higher median home value ($643,800 vs $280,000 in Parkesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
Population	3,867	3,894
Median age	40.7 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,206	$84,952
Median home value	$643,800	$280,000
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,203
Housing units	1,515	1,562
Homeownership rate	63.9%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
Population	3,531 → 3,867 (+9.5%)	3,842 → 3,894 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$102,147 → $137,206 (+34.3%)	$72,250 → $84,952 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$475,200 → $643,800 (+35.5%)	$190,300 → $280,000 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,755 (+29.9%)	$970 → $1,203 (+24.0%)

Berwyn

Population

3,5313,867

Median household income

$102,147$137,206

Median home value

$475,200$643,800

Median gross rent

$1,351$1,755

Parkesburg

Population

3,8423,894

Median household income

$72,250$84,952

Median home value

$190,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$970$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
Under 5	4.3%	9.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.8%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	57.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
No high school diploma	2.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	9.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
Drove alone	62.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	1.4%	6.3%
Public transit	8.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
1-unit, detached	58.4%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	18.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Parkesburg
Poverty rate	11.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1962	1987