Coatesville vs Phoenixville

A side-by-side comparison of Coatesville and Phoenixville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phoenixville has the higher population (19,062 vs 13,323 in Coatesville). Phoenixville has the higher median household income ($94,411 vs $57,323 in Coatesville). Phoenixville has the higher median home value ($348,200 vs $160,500 in Coatesville).

Population, income & housing

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
Population	13,323	19,062
Median age	34.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,323	$94,411
Median home value	$160,500	$348,200
Median gross rent	$1,464	$1,563
Housing units	5,340	9,360
Homeownership rate	35.8%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
Population	13,136 → 13,323 (+1.4%)	16,895 → 19,062 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$45,265 → $57,323 (+26.6%)	$73,004 → $94,411 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $160,500 (+30.0%)	$237,200 → $348,200 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,464 (+28.5%)	$1,200 → $1,563 (+30.3%)

Coatesville

Population

13,13613,323

Median household income

$45,265$57,323

Median home value

$123,500$160,500

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,464

Phoenixville

Population

16,89519,062

Median household income

$73,004$94,411

Median home value

$237,200$348,200

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	23.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.4%
75 and over	4.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	79.7%
Black or African American	34.6%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
No high school diploma	18.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
Drove alone	67.2%	62.8%
Carpooled	18.5%	6.5%
Public transit	2.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	25.1%
Other means	6.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
1-unit, detached	22.1%	23.0%
1-unit, attached	44.4%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	10.7%
20 or more units	8.1%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coatesville	Phoenixville
Poverty rate	20.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1952	1971