Skippack vs Stowe

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

Skippack and Stowe 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 3,645 in Stowe). Skippack has the higher median household income ($143,611 vs $79,875 in Stowe). Skippack has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $198,300 in Stowe).

Population, income & housing

	Skippack	Stowe
Population	4,006	3,645
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$143,611	$79,875
Median home value	$478,800	$198,300
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,264
Housing units	1,583	1,572
Homeownership rate	90.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Skippack	Stowe
Population	3,775 → 4,006 (+6.1%)	3,662 → 3,645 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$117,938 → $143,611 (+21.8%)	$62,705 → $79,875 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$326,600 → $478,800 (+46.6%)	$145,800 → $198,300 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $1,750 (+13.8%)	$1,039 → $1,264 (+21.7%)

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

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)

	Skippack	Stowe
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.6%
75 and over	5.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Skippack	Stowe
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Skippack	Stowe
No high school diploma	1.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	14.8%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Skippack	Stowe
Drove alone	78.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	16.7%	8.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Skippack	Stowe
1-unit, detached	56.2%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	22.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Skippack	Stowe
Poverty rate	2.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.63	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1992	1955