Glenside vs Plymouth Meeting

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

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

Glenside has the higher population (7,941 vs 6,990 in Plymouth Meeting). Plymouth Meeting has the higher median household income ($109,706 vs $101,050 in Glenside). Plymouth Meeting has the higher median home value ($478,500 vs $380,300 in Glenside).

Population, income & housing

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
Population	7,941	6,990
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,050	$109,706
Median home value	$380,300	$478,500
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,853
Housing units	2,938	3,238
Homeownership rate	77.5%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
Population	7,819 → 7,941 (+1.6%)	6,947 → 6,990 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$89,234 → $101,050 (+13.2%)	$98,977 → $109,706 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$283,000 → $380,300 (+34.4%)	$364,700 → $478,500 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,126 → $1,435 (+27.4%)	$1,592 → $1,853 (+16.4%)

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

Plymouth Meeting

Population

6,9476,990

Median household income

$98,977$109,706

Median home value

$364,700$478,500

Median gross rent

$1,592$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.8%
75 and over	5.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	7.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	18.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
Drove alone	63.2%	64.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.7%
Public transit	5.9%	4.2%
Walked	5.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	23.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
1-unit, detached	59.7%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Glenside	Plymouth Meeting
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1975