Drexel Hill vs Yeadon

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

Drexel Hill and Yeadon 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 12,091 in Yeadon). Drexel Hill has the higher median household income ($87,993 vs $57,336 in Yeadon). Drexel Hill has the higher median home value ($239,900 vs $172,500 in Yeadon).

Population, income & housing

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
Population	30,015	12,091
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,993	$57,336
Median home value	$239,900	$172,500
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,117
Housing units	12,664	5,216
Homeownership rate	64.7%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
Population	27,939 → 30,015 (+7.4%)	11,485 → 12,091 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$71,326 → $87,993 (+23.4%)	$54,487 → $57,336 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$182,200 → $239,900 (+31.7%)	$140,500 → $172,500 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,312 (+20.0%)	$905 → $1,117 (+23.4%)

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

Yeadon

Population

11,48512,091

Median household income

$54,487$57,336

Median home value

$140,500$172,500

Median gross rent

$905$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
Under 5	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.3%
75 and over	5.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	8.5%
Black or African American	21.0%	85.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	20.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
Drove alone	65.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.4%
Public transit	7.1%	10.4%
Walked	2.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.9%	12.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
1-unit, detached	33.3%	16.9%
1-unit, attached	35.4%	41.8%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	12.4%
20 or more units	11.4%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Drexel Hill	Yeadon
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1948	1950