Bala Cynwyd vs Conshohocken

A side-by-side comparison of Bala Cynwyd and Conshohocken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bala Cynwyd has the higher population (9,622 vs 9,235 in Conshohocken). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median household income ($144,453 vs $117,330 in Conshohocken). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median home value ($628,400 vs $414,700 in Conshohocken).

Population, income & housing

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
Population	9,622	9,235
Median age	41.9 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$144,453	$117,330
Median home value	$628,400	$414,700
Median gross rent	$1,812	$1,905
Housing units	4,090	4,933
Homeownership rate	69.9%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	65.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
Population	7,814 → 9,622 (+23.1%)	8,029 → 9,235 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$123,925 → $144,453 (+16.6%)	$87,241 → $117,330 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$562,900 → $628,400 (+11.6%)	$306,900 → $414,700 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,812 (+23.1%)	$1,596 → $1,905 (+19.4%)

Bala Cynwyd

Population

7,8149,622

Median household income

$123,925$144,453

Median home value

$562,900$628,400

Median gross rent

$1,472$1,812

Conshohocken

Population

8,0299,235

Median household income

$87,241$117,330

Median home value

$306,900$414,700

Median gross rent

$1,596$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
Under 5	6.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	37.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.2%
75 and over	11.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	12.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	8.4%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.3%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
Drove alone	57.5%	65.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.5%
Public transit	6.0%	2.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.1%	28.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
1-unit, detached	48.6%	16.6%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	38.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.9%
20 or more units	33.3%	25.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bala Cynwyd	Conshohocken
Poverty rate	9.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1957	1958