Brookhaven vs Villanova

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

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

Villanova has the higher population (8,431 vs 8,288 in Brookhaven). Villanova has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $96,393 in Brookhaven). Villanova has the higher median home value ($945,600 vs $265,500 in Brookhaven).

Population, income & housing

	Brookhaven	Villanova
Population	8,288	8,431
Median age	43.0 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,393	$250,001
Median home value	$265,500	$945,600
Median gross rent	$1,557	—
Housing units	3,864	887
Homeownership rate	86.6%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	88.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookhaven	Villanova
Population	8,038 → 8,288 (+3.1%)	7,194 → 8,431 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$68,110 → $96,393 (+41.5%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$200,800 → $265,500 (+32.2%)	$750,000 → $945,600 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,557 (+21.5%)	$2,625 → $3,501 (+33.4%)

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

Villanova

Population

7,1948,431

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$750,000$945,600

Median gross rent

$2,625$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookhaven	Villanova
Under 5	5.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	7.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	68.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	2.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	2.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.2%
75 and over	8.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookhaven	Villanova
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	72.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookhaven	Villanova
No high school diploma	4.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	52.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookhaven	Villanova
Drove alone	78.9%	37.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.3%	3.2%
Walked	2.2%	38.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	15.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookhaven	Villanova
1-unit, detached	55.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookhaven	Villanova
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.21	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1969	1963