Folcroft vs Swarthmore

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

Folcroft and Swarthmore 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 6,524 in Swarthmore). Swarthmore has the higher median household income ($146,992 vs $58,899 in Folcroft). Swarthmore has the higher median home value ($557,900 vs $140,000 in Folcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
Population	6,748	6,524
Median age	32.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,899	$146,992
Median home value	$140,000	$557,900
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,493
Housing units	2,866	2,243
Homeownership rate	72.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
Population	6,627 → 6,748 (+1.8%)	6,318 → 6,524 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$62,229 → $58,899 (-5.4%)	$107,778 → $146,992 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $140,000 (+22.7%)	$415,200 → $557,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,363 (+11.0%)	$1,021 → $1,493 (+46.2%)

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

Swarthmore

Population

6,3186,524

Median household income

$107,778$146,992

Median home value

$415,200$557,900

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
Under 5	8.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	26.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.5%
75 and over	4.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	71.1%
Black or African American	42.8%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
No high school diploma	10.8%	0.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	51.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
Drove alone	73.3%	45.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.0%
Public transit	4.0%	7.5%
Walked	0.8%	21.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.6%	17.6%
Other means	1.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
1-unit, detached	12.4%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	73.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Folcroft	Swarthmore
Poverty rate	17.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1960	1943