Churchtown vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Churchtown and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield has the higher population (577 vs 524 in Churchtown). Churchtown has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $77,976 in Wakefield). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($310,900 vs $273,900 in Churchtown).

Population, income & housing

	Churchtown	Wakefield
Population	524	577
Median age	33.4 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,833	$77,976
Median home value	$273,900	$310,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,643
Housing units	162	182
Homeownership rate	82.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Churchtown	Wakefield
Population	428 → 524 (+22.4%)	571 → 577 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$71,625 → $85,833 (+19.8%)	$66,806 → $77,976 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $273,900 (+14.1%)	$236,200 → $310,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,075 → $1,643 (+52.8%)

Churchtown

Population

428524

Median household income

$71,625$85,833

Median home value

$240,000$273,900

Wakefield

Population

571577

Median household income

$66,806$77,976

Median home value

$236,200$310,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Churchtown	Wakefield
Under 5	5.9%	11.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	20.8%	13.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	16.3%
35 to 44	4.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	24.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.4%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Churchtown	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Churchtown	Wakefield
No high school diploma	52.9%	31.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	9.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Churchtown	Wakefield
Drove alone	47.9%	61.5%
Carpooled	13.2%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	3.2%	3.8%
Worked from home	34.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Churchtown	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	66.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	34.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Churchtown	Wakefield
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.8%
Average household size	3.23	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1938	1978