Drexel Hill vs Lansdowne

A side-by-side comparison of Drexel Hill and Lansdowne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Drexel Hill has the higher population (30,015 vs 11,064 in Lansdowne). Drexel Hill has the higher median household income ($87,993 vs $69,261 in Lansdowne). Drexel Hill has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $199,200 in Lansdowne).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
Population	30,015	11,064
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,993	$69,261
Median home value	$239,900	$199,200
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,219
Housing units	12,664	4,933
Homeownership rate	64.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
Population	27,939 → 30,015 (+7.4%)	10,638 → 11,064 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$71,326 → $87,993 (+23.4%)	$55,536 → $69,261 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$182,200 → $239,900 (+31.7%)	$161,100 → $199,200 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,312 (+20.0%)	$1,023 → $1,219 (+19.2%)

Drexel Hill

Population

27,93930,015

Median household income

$71,326$87,993

Median home value

$182,200$239,900

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,312

Lansdowne

Population

10,63811,064

Median household income

$55,536$69,261

Median home value

$161,100$199,200

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
Under 5	6.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	37.6%
Black or African American	21.0%	49.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	20.3%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
Drove alone	65.0%	60.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.9%
Public transit	7.1%	16.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.9%	12.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
1-unit, detached	33.3%	27.3%
1-unit, attached	35.4%	35.5%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Drexel Hill	Lansdowne
Poverty rate	8.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1948	1943