Jenkintown vs Royersford

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

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

Royersford has the higher population (4,911 vs 4,708 in Jenkintown). Jenkintown has the higher median household income ($114,306 vs $67,083 in Royersford). Jenkintown has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $265,500 in Royersford).

Population, income & housing

	Jenkintown	Royersford
Population	4,708	4,911
Median age	40.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$114,306	$67,083
Median home value	$344,800	$265,500
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,518
Housing units	2,219	2,244
Homeownership rate	66.7%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenkintown	Royersford
Population	4,433 → 4,708 (+6.2%)	4,775 → 4,911 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$108,523 → $114,306 (+5.3%)	$59,258 → $67,083 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$308,400 → $344,800 (+11.8%)	$201,500 → $265,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,379 → $1,463 (+6.1%)	$1,130 → $1,518 (+34.3%)

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

Royersford

Population

4,7754,911

Median household income

$59,258$67,083

Median home value

$201,500$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jenkintown	Royersford
Under 5	9.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	18.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	8.0%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenkintown	Royersford
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	10.1%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenkintown	Royersford
No high school diploma	3.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	10.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenkintown	Royersford
Drove alone	48.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.1%
Public transit	10.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenkintown	Royersford
1-unit, detached	29.7%	17.9%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	36.6%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	18.0%
20 or more units	32.9%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Jenkintown	Royersford
Poverty rate	8.6%	14.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1938	1955