Collingdale vs Woodlyn

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

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

Woodlyn has the higher population (10,276 vs 8,862 in Collingdale). Woodlyn has the higher median household income ($71,978 vs $49,578 in Collingdale). Woodlyn has the higher median home value ($227,100 vs $146,600 in Collingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
Population	8,862	10,276
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,578	$71,978
Median home value	$146,600	$227,100
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,156
Housing units	3,757	4,332
Homeownership rate	57.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
Population	8,791 → 8,862 (+0.8%)	9,178 → 10,276 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$62,902 → $49,578 (-21.2%)	$61,000 → $71,978 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $146,600 (+39.1%)	$193,200 → $227,100 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,082 (+9.5%)	$925 → $1,156 (+25.0%)

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

Woodlyn

Population

9,17810,276

Median household income

$61,000$71,978

Median home value

$193,200$227,100

Median gross rent

$925$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
Under 5	4.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.6%
75 and over	3.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
White (non-Hispanic)	25.5%	81.2%
Black or African American	60.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
No high school diploma	14.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	35.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
Drove alone	66.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	3.7%	4.2%
Walked	4.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	11.3%
Other means	7.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
1-unit, detached	21.6%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	54.4%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collingdale	Woodlyn
Poverty rate	24.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1949	1957