Folcroft vs Sharon Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Folcroft and Sharon Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Folcroft has the higher population (6,748 vs 5,978 in Sharon Hill). Sharon Hill has the higher median household income ($68,529 vs $58,899 in Folcroft). Sharon Hill has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $140,000 in Folcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
Population	6,748	5,978
Median age	32.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,899	$68,529
Median home value	$140,000	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,302
Housing units	2,866	2,134
Homeownership rate	72.6%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
Population	6,627 → 6,748 (+1.8%)	5,684 → 5,978 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$62,229 → $58,899 (-5.4%)	$57,206 → $68,529 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $140,000 (+22.7%)	$119,400 → $163,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,363 (+11.0%)	$1,182 → $1,302 (+10.2%)

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

Sharon Hill

Population

5,6845,978

Median household income

$57,206$68,529

Median home value

$119,400$163,200

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
Under 5	8.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	19.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	5.0%	4.3%
75 and over	4.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	18.3%
Black or African American	42.8%	71.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
No high school diploma	10.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
Drove alone	73.3%	63.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.2%
Public transit	4.0%	10.8%
Walked	0.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	13.1%
Other means	1.2%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
1-unit, detached	12.4%	13.8%
1-unit, attached	73.7%	65.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Folcroft	Sharon Hill
Poverty rate	17.1%	23.8%
Average household size	2.60	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1960	1955