Elkins Park vs Glenside

A side-by-side comparison of Elkins Park and Glenside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenside has the higher population (7,941 vs 7,286 in Elkins Park). Elkins Park has the higher median household income ($129,773 vs $101,050 in Glenside). Glenside has the higher median home value ($380,300 vs $366,700 in Elkins Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins Park	Glenside
Population	7,286	7,941
Median age	50.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,773	$101,050
Median home value	$366,700	$380,300
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,435
Housing units	3,102	2,938
Homeownership rate	78.9%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins Park	Glenside
Population	6,827 → 7,286 (+6.7%)	7,819 → 7,941 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$105,192 → $129,773 (+23.4%)	$89,234 → $101,050 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $366,700 (+21.1%)	$283,000 → $380,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,625 (+34.0%)	$1,126 → $1,435 (+27.4%)

Elkins Park

Population

6,8277,286

Median household income

$105,192$129,773

Median home value

$302,900$366,700

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,625

Glenside

Population

7,8197,941

Median household income

$89,234$101,050

Median home value

$283,000$380,300

Median gross rent

$1,126$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins Park	Glenside
Under 5	1.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.0%
75 and over	11.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins Park	Glenside
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	83.9%
Black or African American	32.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins Park	Glenside
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	8.3%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	42.2%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins Park	Glenside
Drove alone	54.6%	63.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.1%
Public transit	10.7%	5.9%
Walked	1.1%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.0%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins Park	Glenside
1-unit, detached	54.3%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.2%
20 or more units	22.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Elkins Park	Glenside
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1951	1938