Lansdale vs Willow Grove

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

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

Lansdale has the higher population (18,865 vs 13,919 in Willow Grove). Willow Grove has the higher median household income ($98,402 vs $86,460 in Lansdale). Willow Grove has the higher median home value ($326,300 vs $319,000 in Lansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
Population	18,865	13,919
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,460	$98,402
Median home value	$319,000	$326,300
Median gross rent	$1,390	$1,677
Housing units	7,548	5,724
Homeownership rate	57.5%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
Population	16,675 → 18,865 (+13.1%)	14,992 → 13,919 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$66,794 → $86,460 (+29.4%)	$79,162 → $98,402 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$232,800 → $319,000 (+37.0%)	$262,800 → $326,300 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,156 → $1,390 (+20.2%)	$1,328 → $1,677 (+26.3%)

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

Willow Grove

Population

14,99213,919

Median household income

$79,162$98,402

Median home value

$262,800$326,300

Median gross rent

$1,328$1,677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	73.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.7%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
No high school diploma	13.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
Drove alone	69.9%	65.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.6%
Public transit	2.3%	2.7%
Walked	4.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.2%	19.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
1-unit, detached	28.0%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	33.3%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	12.1%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansdale	Willow Grove
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1958	1957