Lansdale vs Norristown

A side-by-side comparison of Lansdale and Norristown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norristown has the higher population (35,782 vs 18,865 in Lansdale). Lansdale has the higher median household income ($86,460 vs $65,058 in Norristown). Lansdale has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $205,100 in Norristown).

Population, income & housing

	Lansdale	Norristown
Population	18,865	35,782
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,460	$65,058
Median home value	$319,000	$205,100
Median gross rent	$1,390	$1,337
Housing units	7,548	14,336
Homeownership rate	57.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansdale	Norristown
Population	16,675 → 18,865 (+13.1%)	34,443 → 35,782 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$66,794 → $86,460 (+29.4%)	$48,414 → $65,058 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$232,800 → $319,000 (+37.0%)	$152,900 → $205,100 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,390 (+20.2%)	$1,083 → $1,337 (+23.5%)

Lansdale

Population

16,67518,865

Median household income

$66,794$86,460

Median home value

$232,800$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,390

Norristown

Population

34,44335,782

Median household income

$48,414$65,058

Median home value

$152,900$205,100

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansdale	Norristown
Under 5	6.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.5%
75 and over	7.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansdale	Norristown
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	26.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	12.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansdale	Norristown
No high school diploma	13.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansdale	Norristown
Drove alone	69.9%	63.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	12.8%
Public transit	2.3%	7.0%
Walked	4.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.2%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansdale	Norristown
1-unit, detached	28.0%	14.1%
1-unit, attached	33.3%	46.1%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.6%
20 or more units	12.1%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansdale	Norristown
Poverty rate	9.5%	19.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1958	1955