Royersford vs Telford

A side-by-side comparison of Royersford and Telford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Royersford has the higher population (4,911 vs 4,814 in Telford). Telford has the higher median household income ($86,797 vs $67,083 in Royersford). Telford has the higher median home value ($302,200 vs $265,500 in Royersford).

Population, income & housing

	Royersford	Telford
Population	4,911	4,814
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$86,797
Median home value	$265,500	$302,200
Median gross rent	$1,518	$1,202
Housing units	2,244	1,905
Homeownership rate	45.3%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royersford	Telford
Population	4,775 → 4,911 (+2.8%)	4,796 → 4,814 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$59,258 → $67,083 (+13.2%)	$63,375 → $86,797 (+37.0%)
Median home value	$201,500 → $265,500 (+31.8%)	$229,100 → $302,200 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,518 (+34.3%)	$1,043 → $1,202 (+15.2%)

Royersford

Population

4,7754,911

Median household income

$59,258$67,083

Median home value

$201,500$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,518

Telford

Population

4,7964,814

Median household income

$63,375$86,797

Median home value

$229,100$302,200

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Royersford	Telford
Under 5	6.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.5%
75 and over	5.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royersford	Telford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royersford	Telford
No high school diploma	15.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royersford	Telford
Drove alone	73.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.2%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royersford	Telford
1-unit, detached	17.9%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	36.6%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	13.2%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Royersford	Telford
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1955	1964