Broomall vs Collingdale

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

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

Broomall has the higher population (10,684 vs 8,862 in Collingdale). Broomall has the higher median household income ($114,844 vs $49,578 in Collingdale). Broomall has the higher median home value ($452,300 vs $146,600 in Collingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Broomall	Collingdale
Population	10,684	8,862
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,844	$49,578
Median home value	$452,300	$146,600
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,082
Housing units	4,031	3,757
Homeownership rate	79.5%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomall	Collingdale
Population	11,222 → 10,684 (-4.8%)	8,791 → 8,862 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$91,594 → $114,844 (+25.4%)	$62,902 → $49,578 (-21.2%)
Median home value	$340,500 → $452,300 (+32.8%)	$105,400 → $146,600 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,784 (+32.4%)	$988 → $1,082 (+9.5%)

Broomall

Population

11,22210,684

Median household income

$91,594$114,844

Median home value

$340,500$452,300

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,784

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)

	Broomall	Collingdale
Under 5	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	6.3%
75 and over	8.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomall	Collingdale
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	25.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	60.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	11.8%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomall	Collingdale
No high school diploma	5.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomall	Collingdale
Drove alone	74.9%	66.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.7%
Public transit	2.6%	3.7%
Walked	0.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	7.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomall	Collingdale
1-unit, detached	79.1%	21.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	54.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Broomall	Collingdale
Poverty rate	4.2%	24.1%
Average household size	2.73	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1957	1949