North Wales vs Stowe

A side-by-side comparison of North Wales and Stowe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stowe has the higher population (3,645 vs 3,421 in North Wales). North Wales has the higher median household income ($115,833 vs $79,875 in Stowe). North Wales has the higher median home value ($385,400 vs $198,300 in Stowe).

Population, income & housing

	North Wales	Stowe
Population	3,421	3,645
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,833	$79,875
Median home value	$385,400	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,264
Housing units	1,372	1,572
Homeownership rate	71.8%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Wales	Stowe
Population	3,253 → 3,421 (+5.2%)	3,662 → 3,645 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$94,679 → $115,833 (+22.3%)	$62,705 → $79,875 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$253,900 → $385,400 (+51.8%)	$145,800 → $198,300 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,417 (+33.7%)	$1,039 → $1,264 (+21.7%)

North Wales

Population

3,2533,421

Median household income

$94,679$115,833

Median home value

$253,900$385,400

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,417

Stowe

Population

3,6623,645

Median household income

$62,705$79,875

Median home value

$145,800$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Wales	Stowe
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Wales	Stowe
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Wales	Stowe
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.3%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Wales	Stowe
Drove alone	71.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.1%
Public transit	7.4%	0.4%
Walked	3.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Wales	Stowe
1-unit, detached	57.2%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	North Wales	Stowe
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1945	1955