Bryn Athyn vs Swedesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bryn Athyn and Swedesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Bryn Athyn and Swedesburg are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bryn Athyn has the higher population (1,183 vs 805 in Swedesburg). Bryn Athyn has the higher median household income ($143,438 vs $88,875 in Swedesburg). Bryn Athyn has the higher median home value ($670,800 vs $301,500 in Swedesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
Population	1,183	805
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$143,438	$88,875
Median home value	$670,800	$301,500
Median gross rent	$1,516	$1,469
Housing units	386	327
Homeownership rate	71.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
Population	1,368 → 1,183 (-13.5%)	—
Median household income	$109,028 → $143,438 (+31.6%)	—
Median home value	$454,200 → $670,800 (+47.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,427 → $1,516 (+6.2%)	—

Bryn Athyn

Population

1,3681,183

Median household income

$109,028$143,438

Median home value

$454,200$670,800

Median gross rent

$1,427$1,516

Swedesburg

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
Under 5	2.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	21.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.0%
75 and over	11.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	7.4%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
Drove alone	56.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	15.2%
Public transit	8.6%	1.3%
Walked	13.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	5.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
1-unit, detached	78.2%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	55.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bryn Athyn	Swedesburg
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1966	1941