Downingtown vs Phoenixville

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

Downingtown 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 8,163 in Downingtown). Phoenixville has the higher median household income ($94,411 vs $82,292 in Downingtown). Phoenixville has the higher median home value ($348,200 vs $322,500 in Downingtown).

Population, income & housing

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
Population	8,163	19,062
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$94,411
Median home value	$322,500	$348,200
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,563
Housing units	3,658	9,360
Homeownership rate	50.9%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
Population	7,926 → 8,163 (+3.0%)	16,895 → 19,062 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$66,345 → $82,292 (+24.0%)	$73,004 → $94,411 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $322,500 (+32.9%)	$237,200 → $348,200 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,528 (+28.0%)	$1,200 → $1,563 (+30.3%)

Downingtown

Population

7,9268,163

Median household income

$66,345$82,292

Median home value

$242,700$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,528

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)

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.2%	23.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.4%
75 and over	4.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	10.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	26.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
Drove alone	70.2%	62.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.9%	1.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.2%	25.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
1-unit, detached	21.0%	23.0%
1-unit, attached	36.6%	36.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	10.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	19.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Downingtown	Phoenixville
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1964	1971