Berwyn vs Thorndale

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

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

Thorndale has the higher population (4,139 vs 3,867 in Berwyn). Berwyn has the higher median household income ($137,206 vs $107,995 in Thorndale). Berwyn has the higher median home value ($643,800 vs $317,600 in Thorndale).

Population, income & housing

	Berwyn	Thorndale
Population	3,867	4,139
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,206	$107,995
Median home value	$643,800	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,755	$1,798
Housing units	1,515	1,533
Homeownership rate	63.9%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwyn	Thorndale
Population	3,531 → 3,867 (+9.5%)	3,655 → 4,139 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$102,147 → $137,206 (+34.3%)	$106,063 → $107,995 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$475,200 → $643,800 (+35.5%)	$237,400 → $317,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $1,755 (+29.9%)	$1,544 → $1,798 (+16.5%)

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

Thorndale

Population

3,6554,139

Median household income

$106,063$107,995

Median home value

$237,400$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,544$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwyn	Thorndale
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.1%
75 and over	8.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwyn	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwyn	Thorndale
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	9.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwyn	Thorndale
Drove alone	62.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	1.4%	4.2%
Public transit	8.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwyn	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	58.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	28.8%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwyn	Thorndale
Poverty rate	11.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1962	1976