Eddystone vs Marcus Hook

A side-by-side comparison of Eddystone and Marcus Hook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marcus Hook has the higher population (2,236 vs 2,212 in Eddystone). Eddystone has the higher median household income ($53,665 vs $50,952 in Marcus Hook). Eddystone has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $108,000 in Marcus Hook).

Population, income & housing

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
Population	2,212	2,236
Median age	33.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,665	$50,952
Median home value	$117,500	$108,000
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,155
Housing units	1,067	1,016
Homeownership rate	58.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
Population	2,530 → 2,212 (-12.6%)	2,258 → 2,236 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $53,665 (+2.2%)	$36,250 → $50,952 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $117,500 (+29.7%)	$83,000 → $108,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,312 (+7.7%)	$817 → $1,155 (+41.4%)

Eddystone

Population

2,5302,212

Median household income

$52,500$53,665

Median home value

$90,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,312

Marcus Hook

Population

2,2582,236

Median household income

$36,250$50,952

Median home value

$83,000$108,000

Median gross rent

$817$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
Under 5	6.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	26.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	20.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.6%
75 and over	4.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	17.2%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
No high school diploma	15.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	47.4%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
Drove alone	67.0%	61.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	25.7%
Public transit	0.9%	3.7%
Walked	4.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	7.4%
Other means	9.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
1-unit, detached	22.9%	8.9%
1-unit, attached	51.3%	49.2%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	36.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eddystone	Marcus Hook
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1946	1943