Eddystone vs Parkside

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

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

Parkside has the higher population (2,304 vs 2,212 in Eddystone). Parkside has the higher median household income ($91,902 vs $53,665 in Eddystone). Parkside has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $117,500 in Eddystone).

Population, income & housing

	Eddystone	Parkside
Population	2,212	2,304
Median age	33.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,665	$91,902
Median home value	$117,500	$188,700
Median gross rent	$1,312	$1,061
Housing units	1,067	885
Homeownership rate	58.7%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eddystone	Parkside
Population	2,530 → 2,212 (-12.6%)	2,227 → 2,304 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $53,665 (+2.2%)	$66,968 → $91,902 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $117,500 (+29.7%)	$142,800 → $188,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,312 (+7.7%)	$1,063 → $1,061 (-0.2%)

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

Parkside

Population

2,2272,304

Median household income

$66,968$91,902

Median home value

$142,800$188,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eddystone	Parkside
Under 5	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	14.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	20.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.9%
75 and over	4.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eddystone	Parkside
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	68.2%
Black or African American	17.2%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eddystone	Parkside
No high school diploma	15.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	47.4%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eddystone	Parkside
Drove alone	67.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	0.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.9%	2.2%
Walked	4.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	16.0%
Other means	9.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eddystone	Parkside
1-unit, detached	22.9%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	51.3%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eddystone	Parkside
Poverty rate	17.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1946	1952