Colwyn vs Upland

A side-by-side comparison of Colwyn and Upland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upland has the higher population (3,056 vs 2,683 in Colwyn). Upland has the higher median household income ($60,200 vs $53,092 in Colwyn). Upland has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $105,800 in Colwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Colwyn	Upland
Population	2,683	3,056
Median age	27.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,092	$60,200
Median home value	$105,800	$173,300
Median gross rent	$1,267	$1,047
Housing units	882	1,241
Homeownership rate	44.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colwyn	Upland
Population	2,546 → 2,683 (+5.4%)	3,322 → 3,056 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$49,738 → $53,092 (+6.7%)	$44,503 → $60,200 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $105,800 (+40.1%)	$114,400 → $173,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,267 (+19.6%)	$769 → $1,047 (+36.2%)

Colwyn

Population

2,5462,683

Median household income

$49,738$53,092

Median home value

$75,500$105,800

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,267

Upland

Population

3,3223,056

Median household income

$44,503$60,200

Median home value

$114,400$173,300

Median gross rent

$769$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colwyn	Upland
Under 5	3.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.3%	23.3%
18 to 24	15.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	6.3%
75 and over	1.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colwyn	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	5.2%	46.3%
Black or African American	93.1%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colwyn	Upland
No high school diploma	12.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colwyn	Upland
Drove alone	50.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.8%
Public transit	27.9%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	17.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.0%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colwyn	Upland
1-unit, detached	9.5%	28.3%
1-unit, attached	64.7%	59.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colwyn	Upland
Poverty rate	29.0%	14.3%
Average household size	3.14	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1944	1941