Collingdale vs Villanova

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

Collingdale and Villanova 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 8,431 in Villanova). Villanova has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $49,578 in Collingdale). Villanova has the higher median home value ($945,600 vs $146,600 in Collingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Collingdale	Villanova
Population	8,862	8,431
Median age	35.9 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,578	$250,001
Median home value	$146,600	$945,600
Median gross rent	$1,082	—
Housing units	3,757	887
Homeownership rate	57.1%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	88.7%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collingdale	Villanova
Population	8,791 → 8,862 (+0.8%)	7,194 → 8,431 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$62,902 → $49,578 (-21.2%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $146,600 (+39.1%)	$750,000 → $945,600 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,082 (+9.5%)	$2,625 → $3,501 (+33.4%)

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

Villanova

Population

7,1948,431

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$750,000$945,600

Median gross rent

$2,625$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collingdale	Villanova
Under 5	4.7%	0.7%
5 to 17	19.5%	7.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	68.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	2.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	2.4%
45 to 54	16.9%	5.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	6.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	4.2%
75 and over	3.3%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collingdale	Villanova
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	72.6%
Black or African American	60.6%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collingdale	Villanova
No high school diploma	14.0%	1.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	52.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collingdale	Villanova
Drove alone	66.3%	37.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.8%
Public transit	3.7%	3.2%
Walked	4.2%	38.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	15.8%
Other means	7.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collingdale	Villanova
1-unit, detached	21.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collingdale	Villanova
Poverty rate	24.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.51	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1949	1963