Narberth vs Skippack

A side-by-side comparison of Narberth and Skippack: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Narberth has the higher population (4,482 vs 4,006 in Skippack). Skippack has the higher median household income ($143,611 vs $119,863 in Narberth). Narberth has the higher median home value ($671,100 vs $478,800 in Skippack).

Population, income & housing

	Narberth	Skippack
Population	4,482	4,006
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,863	$143,611
Median home value	$671,100	$478,800
Median gross rent	$1,837	$1,750
Housing units	2,003	1,583
Homeownership rate	56.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.4%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Narberth	Skippack
Population	4,345 → 4,482 (+3.2%)	3,775 → 4,006 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$110,300 → $119,863 (+8.7%)	$117,938 → $143,611 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$506,000 → $671,100 (+32.6%)	$326,600 → $478,800 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,414 → $1,837 (+29.9%)	$1,538 → $1,750 (+13.8%)

Narberth

Population

4,3454,482

Median household income

$110,300$119,863

Median home value

$506,000$671,100

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,837

Skippack

Population

3,7754,006

Median household income

$117,938$143,611

Median home value

$326,600$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,538$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Narberth	Skippack
Under 5	3.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	18.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	21.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.8%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Narberth	Skippack
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	77.6%
Black or African American	6.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Narberth	Skippack
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	8.4%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	42.5%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Narberth	Skippack
Drove alone	44.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.6%
Public transit	6.3%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Narberth	Skippack
1-unit, detached	42.5%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Narberth	Skippack
Poverty rate	1.1%	2.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1938	1992