Bala Cynwyd vs Roslyn

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

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

Roslyn has the higher population (10,150 vs 9,622 in Bala Cynwyd). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median household income ($144,453 vs $91,106 in Roslyn). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median home value ($628,400 vs $300,300 in Roslyn).

Population, income & housing

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
Population	9,622	10,150
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$144,453	$91,106
Median home value	$628,400	$300,300
Median gross rent	$1,812	$1,151
Housing units	4,090	3,706
Homeownership rate	69.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
Population	7,814 → 9,622 (+23.1%)	9,263 → 10,150 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$123,925 → $144,453 (+16.6%)	$82,059 → $91,106 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$562,900 → $628,400 (+11.6%)	$239,400 → $300,300 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,812 (+23.1%)	$1,171 → $1,151 (-1.7%)

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

Roslyn

Population

9,26310,150

Median household income

$82,059$91,106

Median home value

$239,400$300,300

Median gross rent

$1,171$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
Under 5	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.9%
75 and over	11.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	53.2%
Black or African American	12.1%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	8.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	44.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
Drove alone	57.5%	65.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.7%
Public transit	6.0%	4.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.1%	19.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
1-unit, detached	48.6%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	33.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bala Cynwyd	Roslyn
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1957	1957