Clifton Heights vs Folcroft

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton Heights and Folcroft: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clifton Heights has the higher population (6,821 vs 6,748 in Folcroft). Clifton Heights has the higher median household income ($69,940 vs $58,899 in Folcroft). Clifton Heights has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $140,000 in Folcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
Population	6,821	6,748
Median age	32.9 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,940	$58,899
Median home value	$189,100	$140,000
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,363
Housing units	2,714	2,866
Homeownership rate	72.1%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
Population	6,696 → 6,821 (+1.9%)	6,627 → 6,748 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$48,905 → $69,940 (+43.0%)	$62,229 → $58,899 (-5.4%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $189,100 (+49.7%)	$114,100 → $140,000 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,191 (+25.0%)	$1,228 → $1,363 (+11.0%)

Clifton Heights

Population

6,6966,821

Median household income

$48,905$69,940

Median home value

$126,300$189,100

Median gross rent

$953$1,191

Folcroft

Population

6,6276,748

Median household income

$62,229$58,899

Median home value

$114,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
Under 5	10.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	19.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.0%
75 and over	3.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	40.6%
Black or African American	37.7%	42.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
No high school diploma	12.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
Drove alone	72.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.1%
Public transit	7.9%	4.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
1-unit, detached	16.1%	12.4%
1-unit, attached	67.2%	73.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Heights	Folcroft
Poverty rate	16.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1952	1960