Collingdale vs Darby

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

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

Darby has the higher population (10,664 vs 8,862 in Collingdale). Collingdale has the higher median household income ($49,578 vs $45,128 in Darby). Collingdale has the higher median home value ($146,600 vs $101,900 in Darby).

Population, income & housing

	Collingdale	Darby
Population	8,862	10,664
Median age	35.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,578	$45,128
Median home value	$146,600	$101,900
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,337
Housing units	3,757	4,378
Homeownership rate	57.1%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collingdale	Darby
Population	8,791 → 8,862 (+0.8%)	10,695 → 10,664 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$62,902 → $49,578 (-21.2%)	$49,292 → $45,128 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $146,600 (+39.1%)	$78,700 → $101,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,082 (+9.5%)	$1,050 → $1,337 (+27.3%)

Collingdale

Population

8,7918,862

Median household income

$62,902$49,578

Median home value

$105,400$146,600

Median gross rent

$988$1,082

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)

	Collingdale	Darby
Under 5	4.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	24.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.1%
75 and over	3.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collingdale	Darby
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	9.6%
Black or African American	60.6%	85.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collingdale	Darby
No high school diploma	14.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	35.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collingdale	Darby
Drove alone	66.3%	48.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.4%
Public transit	3.7%	26.4%
Walked	4.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	11.3%
Other means	7.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collingdale	Darby
1-unit, detached	21.6%	9.6%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	68.7%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collingdale	Darby
Poverty rate	24.1%	31.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1949	1949