Penryn vs Terre Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Penryn and Terre Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Terre Hill has the higher population (1,024 vs 995 in Penryn). Penryn has the higher median household income ($64,271 vs $58,152 in Terre Hill). Penryn has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $255,400 in Terre Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Penryn	Terre Hill
Population	995	1,024
Median age	53.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,271	$58,152
Median home value	$278,400	$255,400
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,197
Housing units	457	418
Homeownership rate	85.3%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penryn	Terre Hill
Population	992 → 995 (+0.3%)	1,161 → 1,024 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$125,580 → $64,271 (-48.8%)	$74,716 → $58,152 (-22.2%)
Median home value	$261,200 → $278,400 (+6.6%)	$199,400 → $255,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,055 (+19.2%)	$819 → $1,197 (+46.2%)

Penryn

Population

992995

Median household income

$125,580$64,271

Median home value

$261,200$278,400

Median gross rent

$885$1,055

Terre Hill

Population

1,1611,024

Median household income

$74,716$58,152

Median home value

$199,400$255,400

Median gross rent

$819$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penryn	Terre Hill
Under 5	11.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	24.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	20.9%	6.3%
55 to 64	18.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.4%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penryn	Terre Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penryn	Terre Hill
No high school diploma	17.6%	23.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penryn	Terre Hill
Drove alone	80.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	19.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penryn	Terre Hill
1-unit, detached	81.8%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	18.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penryn	Terre Hill
Poverty rate	2.1%	15.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1983	1954