Ambler vs Plymouth Meeting

A side-by-side comparison of Ambler and Plymouth Meeting: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plymouth Meeting has the higher population (6,990 vs 6,822 in Ambler). Plymouth Meeting has the higher median household income ($109,706 vs $80,795 in Ambler). Plymouth Meeting has the higher median home value ($478,500 vs $360,200 in Ambler).

Population, income & housing

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
Population	6,822	6,990
Median age	36.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,795	$109,706
Median home value	$360,200	$478,500
Median gross rent	$1,406	$1,853
Housing units	2,835	3,238
Homeownership rate	52.9%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.1%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
Population	6,489 → 6,822 (+5.1%)	6,947 → 6,990 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$71,348 → $80,795 (+13.2%)	$98,977 → $109,706 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$303,500 → $360,200 (+18.7%)	$364,700 → $478,500 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,406 (+26.3%)	$1,592 → $1,853 (+16.4%)

Ambler

Population

6,4896,822

Median household income

$71,348$80,795

Median home value

$303,500$360,200

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,406

Plymouth Meeting

Population

6,9476,990

Median household income

$98,977$109,706

Median home value

$364,700$478,500

Median gross rent

$1,592$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
Under 5	5.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.8%
75 and over	6.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	74.9%
Black or African American	13.2%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.2%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
Drove alone	63.8%	64.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.7%
Public transit	3.5%	4.2%
Walked	3.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	23.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
1-unit, detached	33.7%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	31.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	17.0%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ambler	Plymouth Meeting
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1954	1975