Ridley Park vs Villanova

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

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

Villanova has the higher population (8,431 vs 7,245 in Ridley Park). Villanova has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $94,485 in Ridley Park). Villanova has the higher median home value ($945,600 vs $261,900 in Ridley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ridley Park	Villanova
Population	7,245	8,431
Median age	38.9 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,485	$250,001
Median home value	$261,900	$945,600
Median gross rent	$1,361	—
Housing units	3,233	887
Homeownership rate	65.5%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	88.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridley Park	Villanova
Population	7,048 → 7,245 (+2.8%)	7,194 → 8,431 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$83,802 → $94,485 (+12.7%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$202,000 → $261,900 (+29.7%)	$750,000 → $945,600 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,361 (+37.8%)	$2,625 → $3,501 (+33.4%)

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

Villanova

Population

7,1948,431

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$750,000$945,600

Median gross rent

$2,625$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridley Park	Villanova
Under 5	7.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	7.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	68.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	2.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	2.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	6.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	4.2%
75 and over	7.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridley Park	Villanova
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	72.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridley Park	Villanova
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	1.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	52.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridley Park	Villanova
Drove alone	72.8%	37.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.8%
Public transit	1.9%	3.2%
Walked	3.0%	38.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	15.8%
Other means	2.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridley Park	Villanova
1-unit, detached	44.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	24.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridley Park	Villanova
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.35	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1955	1963