Broomall vs Drexel Hill

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

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

Drexel Hill has the higher population (30,015 vs 10,684 in Broomall). Broomall has the higher median household income ($114,844 vs $87,993 in Drexel Hill). Broomall has the higher median home value ($452,300 vs $239,900 in Drexel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
Population	10,684	30,015
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,844	$87,993
Median home value	$452,300	$239,900
Median gross rent	$1,784	$1,312
Housing units	4,031	12,664
Homeownership rate	79.5%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
Population	11,222 → 10,684 (-4.8%)	27,939 → 30,015 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$91,594 → $114,844 (+25.4%)	$71,326 → $87,993 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$340,500 → $452,300 (+32.8%)	$182,200 → $239,900 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,347 → $1,784 (+32.4%)	$1,093 → $1,312 (+20.0%)

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

Drexel Hill

Population

27,93930,015

Median household income

$71,326$87,993

Median home value

$182,200$239,900

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,312

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
Under 5	6.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	11.8%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
Drove alone	74.9%	65.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.4%
Public transit	2.6%	7.1%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.0%	15.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
1-unit, detached	79.1%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	35.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broomall	Drexel Hill
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1957	1948