Broomall vs Darby

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

Broomall and Darby 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 10,664 in Darby). Broomall has the higher median household income ($114,844 vs $45,128 in Darby). Broomall has the higher median home value ($452,300 vs $101,900 in Darby).

Population, income & housing

	Broomall	Darby
Population	10,684	10,664
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,844	$45,128
Median home value	$452,300	$101,900
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,337
Housing units	4,031	4,378
Homeownership rate	79.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomall	Darby
Population	11,222 → 10,684 (-4.8%)	10,695 → 10,664 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$91,594 → $114,844 (+25.4%)	$49,292 → $45,128 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$340,500 → $452,300 (+32.8%)	$78,700 → $101,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,784 (+32.4%)	$1,050 → $1,337 (+27.3%)

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

Darby

Population

10,69510,664

Median household income

$49,292$45,128

Median home value

$78,700$101,900

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomall	Darby
Under 5	6.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	6.1%
75 and over	8.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomall	Darby
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	9.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	85.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	11.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomall	Darby
No high school diploma	5.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomall	Darby
Drove alone	74.9%	48.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.4%
Public transit	2.6%	26.4%
Walked	0.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	11.3%
Other means	1.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomall	Darby
1-unit, detached	79.1%	9.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	68.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broomall	Darby
Poverty rate	4.2%	31.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1957	1949