Chesterbrook vs Thorndale

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

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

Chesterbrook has the higher population (5,439 vs 4,139 in Thorndale). Chesterbrook has the higher median household income ($140,972 vs $107,995 in Thorndale). Chesterbrook has the higher median home value ($432,200 vs $317,600 in Thorndale).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
Population	5,439	4,139
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$140,972	$107,995
Median home value	$432,200	$317,600
Median gross rent	$2,618	$1,798
Housing units	2,477	1,533
Homeownership rate	64.2%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
Population	4,800 → 5,439 (+13.3%)	3,655 → 4,139 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$130,000 → $140,972 (+8.4%)	$106,063 → $107,995 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$323,000 → $432,200 (+33.8%)	$237,400 → $317,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,832 → $2,618 (+42.9%)	$1,544 → $1,798 (+16.5%)

Chesterbrook

Population

4,8005,439

Median household income

$130,000$140,972

Median home value

$323,000$432,200

Median gross rent

$1,832$2,618

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)

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.1%
75 and over	5.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	77.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	31.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	7.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	41.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
Drove alone	72.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	19.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	8.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	77.1%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	28.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesterbrook	Thorndale
Poverty rate	1.4%	1.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1984	1976