Brookhaven vs Collingdale

A side-by-side comparison of Brookhaven and Collingdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Collingdale has the higher population (8,862 vs 8,288 in Brookhaven). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($96,393 vs $49,578 in Collingdale). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $146,600 in Collingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
Population	8,288	8,862
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,393	$49,578
Median home value	$265,500	$146,600
Median gross rent	$1,557	$1,082
Housing units	3,864	3,757
Homeownership rate	86.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
Population	8,038 → 8,288 (+3.1%)	8,791 → 8,862 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $96,393 (+41.5%)	$62,902 → $49,578 (-21.2%)
Median home value	$200,800 → $265,500 (+32.2%)	$105,400 → $146,600 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,557 (+21.5%)	$988 → $1,082 (+9.5%)

Brookhaven

Population

8,0388,288

Median household income

$68,110$96,393

Median home value

$200,800$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,557

Collingdale

Population

8,7918,862

Median household income

$62,902$49,578

Median home value

$105,400$146,600

Median gross rent

$988$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	16.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.3%
75 and over	8.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	25.5%
Black or African American	8.1%	60.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
No high school diploma	4.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	29.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
Drove alone	78.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	3.7%
Walked	2.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
1-unit, detached	55.4%	21.6%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	54.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Collingdale
Poverty rate	3.4%	24.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1969	1949