Elkins Park vs Maple Glen

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

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

Elkins Park has the higher population (7,286 vs 6,851 in Maple Glen). Maple Glen has the higher median household income ($173,110 vs $129,773 in Elkins Park). Maple Glen has the higher median home value ($543,800 vs $366,700 in Elkins Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
Population	7,286	6,851
Median age	50.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,773	$173,110
Median home value	$366,700	$543,800
Median gross rent	$1,625	$2,333
Housing units	3,102	2,472
Homeownership rate	78.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
Population	6,827 → 7,286 (+6.7%)	6,726 → 6,851 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$105,192 → $129,773 (+23.4%)	$132,450 → $173,110 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$302,900 → $366,700 (+21.1%)	$399,300 → $543,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,625 (+34.0%)	$1,921 → $2,333 (+21.4%)

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

Maple Glen

Population

6,7266,851

Median household income

$132,450$173,110

Median home value

$399,300$543,800

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
Under 5	1.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.4%
75 and over	11.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	57.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	32.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.0%
High school graduate	8.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	42.8%
Graduate or professional degree	42.2%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
Drove alone	54.6%	66.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.2%
Public transit	10.7%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.0%	25.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
1-unit, detached	54.3%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkins Park	Maple Glen
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1951	1982