Collegeville vs Trooper

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

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

Trooper has the higher population (5,408 vs 5,226 in Collegeville). Trooper has the higher median household income ($134,338 vs $88,992 in Collegeville). Collegeville has the higher median home value ($431,200 vs $412,900 in Trooper).

Population, income & housing

	Collegeville	Trooper
Population	5,226	5,408
Median age	23.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,992	$134,338
Median home value	$431,200	$412,900
Median gross rent	$1,468	$1,075
Housing units	1,603	2,060
Homeownership rate	73.9%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collegeville	Trooper
Population	5,152 → 5,226 (+1.4%)	5,965 → 5,408 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$112,500 → $88,992 (-20.9%)	$104,028 → $134,338 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$335,400 → $431,200 (+28.6%)	$324,200 → $412,900 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,187 → $1,468 (+23.7%)	$1,136 → $1,075 (-5.4%)

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

Trooper

Population

5,9655,408

Median household income

$104,028$134,338

Median home value

$324,200$412,900

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collegeville	Trooper
Under 5	3.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	38.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	22.9%
65 to 74	4.8%	11.3%
75 and over	8.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collegeville	Trooper
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	7.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collegeville	Trooper
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collegeville	Trooper
Drove alone	59.3%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	14.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collegeville	Trooper
1-unit, detached	57.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Collegeville	Trooper
Poverty rate	6.9%	2.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1975	1967