Pennsburg vs Skippack

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

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

Skippack has the higher population (4,006 vs 3,958 in Pennsburg). Skippack has the higher median household income ($143,611 vs $103,698 in Pennsburg). Skippack has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $266,600 in Pennsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Pennsburg	Skippack
Population	3,958	4,006
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,698	$143,611
Median home value	$266,600	$478,800
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,750
Housing units	1,447	1,583
Homeownership rate	77.6%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennsburg	Skippack
Population	3,869 → 3,958 (+2.3%)	3,775 → 4,006 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$74,688 → $103,698 (+38.8%)	$117,938 → $143,611 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$205,600 → $266,600 (+29.7%)	$326,600 → $478,800 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,360 (+26.7%)	$1,538 → $1,750 (+13.8%)

Pennsburg

Population

3,8693,958

Median household income

$74,688$103,698

Median home value

$205,600$266,600

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,360

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)

	Pennsburg	Skippack
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	21.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.8%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennsburg	Skippack
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennsburg	Skippack
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennsburg	Skippack
Drove alone	77.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	16.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennsburg	Skippack
1-unit, detached	34.9%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	46.2%	32.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pennsburg	Skippack
Poverty rate	8.9%	2.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1971	1992