Clifton Heights vs Ridley Park

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

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

Ridley Park has the higher population (7,245 vs 6,821 in Clifton Heights). Ridley Park has the higher median household income ($94,485 vs $69,940 in Clifton Heights). Ridley Park has the higher median home value ($261,900 vs $189,100 in Clifton Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
Population	6,821	7,245
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,940	$94,485
Median home value	$189,100	$261,900
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,361
Housing units	2,714	3,233
Homeownership rate	72.1%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
Population	6,696 → 6,821 (+1.9%)	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$48,905 → $69,940 (+43.0%)	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $189,100 (+49.7%)	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,191 (+25.0%)	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)

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

Ridley Park

Population

7,0487,245

Median household income

$83,802$94,485

Median home value

$202,000$261,900

Median gross rent

$988$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
Under 5	10.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.3%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	11.3%
75 and over	3.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	84.3%
Black or African American	37.7%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
Drove alone	72.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.3%
Public transit	7.9%	1.9%
Walked	5.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
1-unit, detached	16.1%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	67.2%	24.2%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	15.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Heights	Ridley Park
Poverty rate	16.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1952	1955