Flourtown vs Jenkintown

A side-by-side comparison of Flourtown and Jenkintown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flourtown has the higher population (4,810 vs 4,708 in Jenkintown). Flourtown has the higher median household income ($144,634 vs $114,306 in Jenkintown). Flourtown has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $344,800 in Jenkintown).

Population, income & housing

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
Population	4,810	4,708
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$144,634	$114,306
Median home value	$482,300	$344,800
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,463
Housing units	1,772	2,219
Homeownership rate	88.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	71.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
Population	4,331 → 4,810 (+11.1%)	4,433 → 4,708 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$112,207 → $144,634 (+28.9%)	$108,523 → $114,306 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$350,500 → $482,300 (+37.6%)	$308,400 → $344,800 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,582 → $1,744 (+10.2%)	$1,379 → $1,463 (+6.1%)

Flourtown

Population

4,3314,810

Median household income

$112,207$144,634

Median home value

$350,500$482,300

Median gross rent

$1,582$1,744

Jenkintown

Population

4,4334,708

Median household income

$108,523$114,306

Median home value

$308,400$344,800

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
Under 5	5.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.9%
75 and over	5.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	76.5%
Black or African American	8.2%	10.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	12.1%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	44.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
Drove alone	55.9%	48.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	2.4%
Public transit	2.4%	10.2%
Walked	1.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.1%	33.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
1-unit, detached	83.4%	29.7%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Flourtown	Jenkintown
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1955	1938