Glenside vs Hatboro

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

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

Hatboro has the higher population (8,219 vs 7,941 in Glenside). Hatboro has the higher median household income ($108,927 vs $101,050 in Glenside). Glenside has the higher median home value ($380,300 vs $340,100 in Hatboro).

Population, income & housing

	Glenside	Hatboro
Population	7,941	8,219
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,050	$108,927
Median home value	$380,300	$340,100
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,781
Housing units	2,938	3,331
Homeownership rate	77.5%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenside	Hatboro
Population	7,819 → 7,941 (+1.6%)	7,449 → 8,219 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$89,234 → $101,050 (+13.2%)	$72,044 → $108,927 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$283,000 → $380,300 (+34.4%)	$261,300 → $340,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,126 → $1,435 (+27.4%)	$1,348 → $1,781 (+32.1%)

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

Hatboro

Population

7,4498,219

Median household income

$72,044$108,927

Median home value

$261,300$340,100

Median gross rent

$1,348$1,781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenside	Hatboro
Under 5	4.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	14.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.4%
75 and over	5.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenside	Hatboro
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	80.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenside	Hatboro
No high school diploma	2.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenside	Hatboro
Drove alone	63.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.8%
Public transit	5.9%	1.9%
Walked	5.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.2%	14.1%
Other means	0.6%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenside	Hatboro
1-unit, detached	59.7%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	23.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenside	Hatboro
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1956