Collingdale vs Folsom

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

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

Collingdale has the higher population (8,862 vs 8,298 in Folsom). Folsom has the higher median household income ($100,544 vs $49,578 in Collingdale). Folsom has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $146,600 in Collingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Collingdale	Folsom
Population	8,862	8,298
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,578	$100,544
Median home value	$146,600	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,421
Housing units	3,757	3,165
Homeownership rate	57.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collingdale	Folsom
Population	8,791 → 8,862 (+0.8%)	8,913 → 8,298 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$62,902 → $49,578 (-21.2%)	$87,500 → $100,544 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $146,600 (+39.1%)	$203,100 → $268,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,082 (+9.5%)	$1,317 → $1,421 (+7.9%)

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

Folsom

Population

8,9138,298

Median household income

$87,500$100,544

Median home value

$203,100$268,500

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collingdale	Folsom
Under 5	4.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.2%
75 and over	3.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collingdale	Folsom
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	60.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collingdale	Folsom
No high school diploma	14.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collingdale	Folsom
Drove alone	66.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	3.7%	4.2%
Walked	4.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.9%	6.6%
Other means	7.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collingdale	Folsom
1-unit, detached	21.6%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Collingdale	Folsom
Poverty rate	24.1%	10.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1949	1957