Fort Washington vs Oreland

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Washington and Oreland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Washington has the higher population (6,105 vs 6,036 in Oreland). Fort Washington has the higher median household income ($159,302 vs $110,100 in Oreland). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($561,000 vs $401,000 in Oreland).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washington	Oreland
Population	6,105	6,036
Median age	45.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$159,302	$110,100
Median home value	$561,000	$401,000
Median gross rent	$2,031	$1,182
Housing units	2,370	2,290
Homeownership rate	80.4%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washington	Oreland
Population	5,728 → 6,105 (+6.6%)	5,625 → 6,036 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$118,922 → $159,302 (+34.0%)	$97,373 → $110,100 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$432,400 → $561,000 (+29.7%)	$324,500 → $401,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,663 → $2,031 (+22.1%)	$1,046 → $1,182 (+13.0%)

Fort Washington

Population

5,7286,105

Median household income

$118,922$159,302

Median home value

$432,400$561,000

Median gross rent

$1,663$2,031

Oreland

Population

5,6256,036

Median household income

$97,373$110,100

Median home value

$324,500$401,000

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Washington	Oreland
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.0%
75 and over	10.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washington	Oreland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	76.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washington	Oreland
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	10.9%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washington	Oreland
Drove alone	63.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.5%
Public transit	2.3%	6.7%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	18.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washington	Oreland
1-unit, detached	69.9%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washington	Oreland
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1968	1954