Folcroft vs Ridley Park

A side-by-side comparison of Folcroft and Ridley Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridley Park has the higher population (7,245 vs 6,748 in Folcroft). Ridley Park has the higher median household income ($94,485 vs $58,899 in Folcroft). Ridley Park has the higher median home value ($261,900 vs $140,000 in Folcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
Population	6,748	7,245
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,899	$94,485
Median home value	$140,000	$261,900
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,361
Housing units	2,866	3,233
Homeownership rate	72.6%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
Population	6,627 → 6,748 (+1.8%)	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$62,229 → $58,899 (-5.4%)	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $140,000 (+22.7%)	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,363 (+11.0%)	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)

Folcroft

Population

6,6276,748

Median household income

$62,229$58,899

Median home value

$114,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,363

Ridley Park

Population

7,0487,245

Median household income

$83,802$94,485

Median home value

$202,000$261,900

Median gross rent

$988$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
Under 5	8.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	11.3%
75 and over	4.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	84.3%
Black or African American	42.8%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
No high school diploma	10.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
Drove alone	73.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.3%
Public transit	4.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
1-unit, detached	12.4%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	73.7%	24.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Folcroft	Ridley Park
Poverty rate	17.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1960	1955