Glenolden vs Swarthmore

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

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

Glenolden has the higher population (7,207 vs 6,524 in Swarthmore). Swarthmore has the higher median household income ($146,992 vs $71,145 in Glenolden). Swarthmore has the higher median home value ($557,900 vs $203,100 in Glenolden).

Population, income & housing

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
Population	7,207	6,524
Median age	36.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,145	$146,992
Median home value	$203,100	$557,900
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,493
Housing units	2,885	2,243
Homeownership rate	73.7%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
Population	7,161 → 7,207 (+0.6%)	6,318 → 6,524 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$58,879 → $71,145 (+20.8%)	$107,778 → $146,992 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $203,100 (+27.7%)	$415,200 → $557,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,185 (+15.9%)	$1,021 → $1,493 (+46.2%)

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

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)

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
Under 5	11.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	26.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.5%
75 and over	5.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	71.1%
Black or African American	17.5%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	51.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
Drove alone	76.7%	45.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.0%
Public transit	4.5%	7.5%
Walked	4.1%	21.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.6%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
1-unit, detached	37.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	31.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	5.1%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Glenolden	Swarthmore
Poverty rate	15.8%	2.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1953	1943