Bala Cynwyd vs Sanatoga

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

Bala Cynwyd and Sanatoga 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 9,048 in Sanatoga). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median household income ($144,453 vs $86,624 in Sanatoga). Bala Cynwyd has the higher median home value ($628,400 vs $280,100 in Sanatoga).

Population, income & housing

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
Population	9,622	9,048
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$144,453	$86,624
Median home value	$628,400	$280,100
Median gross rent	$1,812	$1,560
Housing units	4,090	3,296
Homeownership rate	69.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
Population	7,814 → 9,622 (+23.1%)	8,588 → 9,048 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$123,925 → $144,453 (+16.6%)	$69,951 → $86,624 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$562,900 → $628,400 (+11.6%)	$191,900 → $280,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $1,812 (+23.1%)	$1,011 → $1,560 (+54.3%)

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

Sanatoga

Population

8,5889,048

Median household income

$69,951$86,624

Median home value

$191,900$280,100

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,560

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
Under 5	6.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.2%
75 and over	11.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	71.5%
Black or African American	12.1%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	8.4%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	44.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
Drove alone	57.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.7%
Public transit	6.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.1%	13.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
1-unit, detached	48.6%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	42.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	33.3%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bala Cynwyd	Sanatoga
Poverty rate	9.6%	14.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1957	1987