Clifton Heights vs Swarthmore

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

Clifton Heights and Swarthmore 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 6,524 in Swarthmore). Swarthmore has the higher median household income ($146,992 vs $69,940 in Clifton Heights). Swarthmore has the higher median home value ($557,900 vs $189,100 in Clifton Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
Population	6,821	6,524
Median age	32.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,940	$146,992
Median home value	$189,100	$557,900
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,493
Housing units	2,714	2,243
Homeownership rate	72.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
Population	6,696 → 6,821 (+1.9%)	6,318 → 6,524 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$48,905 → $69,940 (+43.0%)	$107,778 → $146,992 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $189,100 (+49.7%)	$415,200 → $557,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,191 (+25.0%)	$1,021 → $1,493 (+46.2%)

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

Swarthmore

Population

6,3186,524

Median household income

$107,778$146,992

Median home value

$415,200$557,900

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
Under 5	10.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	26.1%
25 to 34	17.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.5%
75 and over	3.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	71.1%
Black or African American	37.7%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
No high school diploma	12.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	51.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
Drove alone	72.3%	45.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.0%
Public transit	7.9%	7.5%
Walked	5.7%	21.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.3%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
1-unit, detached	16.1%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	67.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.9%
20 or more units	5.1%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Heights	Swarthmore
Poverty rate	16.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1952	1943