Collegeville vs Royersford

A side-by-side comparison of Collegeville and Royersford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Collegeville has the higher population (5,226 vs 4,911 in Royersford). Collegeville has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $67,083 in Royersford). Collegeville has the higher median home value ($431,200 vs $265,500 in Royersford).

Population, income & housing

	Collegeville	Royersford
Population	5,226	4,911
Median age	23.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,992	$67,083
Median home value	$431,200	$265,500
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,518
Housing units	1,603	2,244
Homeownership rate	73.9%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collegeville	Royersford
Population	5,152 → 5,226 (+1.4%)	4,775 → 4,911 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$112,500 → $88,992 (-20.9%)	$59,258 → $67,083 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $431,200 (+28.6%)	$201,500 → $265,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,468 (+23.7%)	$1,130 → $1,518 (+34.3%)

Collegeville

Population

5,1525,226

Median household income

$112,500$88,992

Median home value

$335,400$431,200

Median gross rent

$1,187$1,468

Royersford

Population

4,7754,911

Median household income

$59,258$67,083

Median home value

$201,500$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collegeville	Royersford
Under 5	3.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	38.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.0%
75 and over	8.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collegeville	Royersford
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	7.7%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collegeville	Royersford
No high school diploma	3.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collegeville	Royersford
Drove alone	59.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	14.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collegeville	Royersford
1-unit, detached	57.0%	17.9%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	36.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	18.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Collegeville	Royersford
Poverty rate	6.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1975	1955