Morton vs Parkside

A side-by-side comparison of Morton and Parkside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morton has the higher population (2,768 vs 2,304 in Parkside). Parkside has the higher median household income ($91,902 vs $54,881 in Morton). Morton has the higher median home value ($246,400 vs $188,700 in Parkside).

Population, income & housing

	Morton	Parkside
Population	2,768	2,304
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,881	$91,902
Median home value	$246,400	$188,700
Median gross rent	$1,324	$1,061
Housing units	1,255	885
Homeownership rate	56.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morton	Parkside
Population	2,662 → 2,768 (+4.0%)	2,227 → 2,304 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$68,942 → $54,881 (-20.4%)	$66,968 → $91,902 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$229,600 → $246,400 (+7.3%)	$142,800 → $188,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,324 (+32.7%)	$1,063 → $1,061 (-0.2%)

Morton

Population

2,6622,768

Median household income

$68,942$54,881

Median home value

$229,600$246,400

Median gross rent

$998$1,324

Parkside

Population

2,2272,304

Median household income

$66,968$91,902

Median home value

$142,800$188,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morton	Parkside
Under 5	3.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	14.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	19.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	20.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	6.9%
75 and over	4.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morton	Parkside
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	68.2%
Black or African American	20.1%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morton	Parkside
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morton	Parkside
Drove alone	64.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.7%
Public transit	7.9%	2.2%
Walked	0.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	16.0%
Other means	2.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morton	Parkside
1-unit, detached	33.5%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	25.3%	29.2%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morton	Parkside
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1963	1952