Brookhaven vs Ridley Park

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

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

Brookhaven has the higher population (8,288 vs 7,245 in Ridley Park). Brookhaven has the higher median household income ($96,393 vs $94,485 in Ridley Park). Brookhaven has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $261,900 in Ridley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
Population	8,288	7,245
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,393	$94,485
Median home value	$265,500	$261,900
Median gross rent	$1,557	$1,361
Housing units	3,864	3,233
Homeownership rate	86.6%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
Population	8,038 → 8,288 (+3.1%)	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $96,393 (+41.5%)	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$200,800 → $265,500 (+32.2%)	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,557 (+21.5%)	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)

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

Ridley Park

Population

7,0487,245

Median household income

$83,802$94,485

Median home value

$202,000$261,900

Median gross rent

$988$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.3%
75 and over	8.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	84.3%
Black or African American	8.1%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
Drove alone	78.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.9%
Walked	2.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	13.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
1-unit, detached	55.4%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	24.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Ridley Park
Poverty rate	3.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1969	1955