Bala Cynwyd vs Montgomeryville

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

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

Montgomeryville has the higher population (13,572 vs 9,622 in Bala Cynwyd). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median household income ($144,453 vs $130,769 in Montgomeryville). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median home value ($628,400 vs $452,400 in Montgomeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
Population	9,622	13,572
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$144,453	$130,769
Median home value	$628,400	$452,400
Median gross rent	$1,812	$1,943
Housing units	4,090	4,985
Homeownership rate	69.9%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
Population	7,814 → 9,622 (+23.1%)	13,082 → 13,572 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$123,925 → $144,453 (+16.6%)	$114,970 → $130,769 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$562,900 → $628,400 (+11.6%)	$350,200 → $452,400 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,812 (+23.1%)	$1,663 → $1,943 (+16.8%)

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

Montgomeryville

Population

13,08213,572

Median household income

$114,970$130,769

Median home value

$350,200$452,400

Median gross rent

$1,663$1,943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
Under 5	6.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.9%
75 and over	11.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	69.0%
Black or African American	12.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	8.4%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	44.3%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
Drove alone	57.5%	70.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.3%
Public transit	6.0%	3.7%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	29.1%	18.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
1-unit, detached	48.6%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	34.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.5%
20 or more units	33.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bala Cynwyd	Montgomeryville
Poverty rate	9.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1957	1986