Jenkintown vs Telford

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

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

Telford has the higher population (4,814 vs 4,708 in Jenkintown). Jenkintown has the higher median household income ($114,306 vs $86,797 in Telford). Jenkintown has the higher median home value ($344,800 vs $302,200 in Telford).

Population, income & housing

	Jenkintown	Telford
Population	4,708	4,814
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,306	$86,797
Median home value	$344,800	$302,200
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,202
Housing units	2,219	1,905
Homeownership rate	66.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.8%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenkintown	Telford
Population	4,433 → 4,708 (+6.2%)	4,796 → 4,814 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$108,523 → $114,306 (+5.3%)	$63,375 → $86,797 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$308,400 → $344,800 (+11.8%)	$229,100 → $302,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,379 → $1,463 (+6.1%)	$1,043 → $1,202 (+15.2%)

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

Telford

Population

4,7964,814

Median household income

$63,375$86,797

Median home value

$229,100$302,200

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jenkintown	Telford
Under 5	9.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	18.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.5%
75 and over	7.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenkintown	Telford
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	10.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenkintown	Telford
No high school diploma	3.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	10.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenkintown	Telford
Drove alone	48.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	5.0%
Public transit	10.2%	0.5%
Walked	5.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	33.9%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenkintown	Telford
1-unit, detached	29.7%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	32.9%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jenkintown	Telford
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1938	1964