Glenolden vs Ridley Park

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

Glenolden 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 7,207 in Glenolden). Ridley Park has the higher median household income ($94,485 vs $71,145 in Glenolden). Ridley Park has the higher median home value ($261,900 vs $203,100 in Glenolden).

Population, income & housing

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
Population	7,207	7,245
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,145	$94,485
Median home value	$203,100	$261,900
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,361
Housing units	2,885	3,233
Homeownership rate	73.7%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
Population	7,161 → 7,207 (+0.6%)	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$58,879 → $71,145 (+20.8%)	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $203,100 (+27.7%)	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,185 (+15.9%)	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)

Glenolden

Population

7,1617,207

Median household income

$58,879$71,145

Median home value

$159,100$203,100

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,185

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)

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
Under 5	11.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	5.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	84.3%
Black or African American	17.5%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
Drove alone	76.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.3%
Public transit	4.5%	1.9%
Walked	4.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
1-unit, detached	37.0%	44.9%
1-unit, attached	31.5%	24.2%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	15.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenolden	Ridley Park
Poverty rate	15.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1953	1955