Ridley Park vs Swarthmore

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

Ridley Park and Swarthmore 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 6,524 in Swarthmore). Swarthmore has the higher median household income ($146,992 vs $94,485 in Ridley Park). Swarthmore has the higher median home value ($557,900 vs $261,900 in Ridley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
Population	7,245	6,524
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,485	$146,992
Median home value	$261,900	$557,900
Median gross rent	$1,361	$1,493
Housing units	3,233	2,243
Homeownership rate	65.5%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
Population	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)	6,318 → 6,524 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)	$107,778 → $146,992 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)	$415,200 → $557,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)	$1,021 → $1,493 (+46.2%)

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

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)

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	26.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.5%
75 and over	7.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	71.1%
Black or African American	7.6%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	37.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	51.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
Drove alone	72.8%	45.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.0%
Public transit	1.9%	7.5%
Walked	3.0%	21.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	17.6%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
1-unit, detached	44.9%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ridley Park	Swarthmore
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.35	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1955	1943