Folcroft vs Wayne

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

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

Wayne has the higher population (6,902 vs 6,748 in Folcroft). Wayne has the higher median household income ($143,981 vs $58,899 in Folcroft). Wayne has the higher median home value ($664,900 vs $140,000 in Folcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Folcroft	Wayne
Population	6,748	6,902
Median age	32.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,899	$143,981
Median home value	$140,000	$664,900
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,993
Housing units	2,866	2,787
Homeownership rate	72.6%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folcroft	Wayne
Population	6,627 → 6,748 (+1.8%)	6,891 → 6,902 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$62,229 → $58,899 (-5.4%)	$101,902 → $143,981 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $140,000 (+22.7%)	$551,500 → $664,900 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,363 (+11.0%)	$1,585 → $1,993 (+25.7%)

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

Wayne

Population

6,8916,902

Median household income

$101,902$143,981

Median home value

$551,500$664,900

Median gross rent

$1,585$1,993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folcroft	Wayne
Under 5	8.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.7%
75 and over	4.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folcroft	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	42.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folcroft	Wayne
No high school diploma	10.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folcroft	Wayne
Drove alone	73.3%	62.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.0%
Public transit	4.0%	6.7%
Walked	0.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	19.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folcroft	Wayne
1-unit, detached	12.4%	46.5%
1-unit, attached	73.7%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Folcroft	Wayne
Poverty rate	17.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1960	1959