Fort Washington vs Penn Wynne

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

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

Penn Wynne has the higher population (6,220 vs 6,105 in Fort Washington). Fort Washington has the higher median household income ($159,302 vs $156,056 in Penn Wynne). Fort Washington has the higher median home value ($561,000 vs $532,200 in Penn Wynne).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
Population	6,105	6,220
Median age	45.2 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$159,302	$156,056
Median home value	$561,000	$532,200
Median gross rent	$2,031	$2,291
Housing units	2,370	2,423
Homeownership rate	80.4%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
Population	5,728 → 6,105 (+6.6%)	5,932 → 6,220 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$118,922 → $159,302 (+34.0%)	$123,854 → $156,056 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$432,400 → $561,000 (+29.7%)	$366,000 → $532,200 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,663 → $2,031 (+22.1%)	$1,416 → $2,291 (+61.8%)

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

Penn Wynne

Population

5,9326,220

Median household income

$123,854$156,056

Median home value

$366,000$532,200

Median gross rent

$1,416$2,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.6%
75 and over	10.6%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	64.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	15.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	10.9%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
Drove alone	63.1%	56.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.9%
Public transit	2.3%	6.2%
Walked	1.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	27.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
1-unit, detached	69.9%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washington	Penn Wynne
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1968	1952