Skippack vs Trappe

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

Skippack and Trappe 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 3,995 in Trappe). Skippack has the higher median household income ($143,611 vs $123,355 in Trappe). Skippack has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $383,900 in Trappe).

Population, income & housing

	Skippack	Trappe
Population	4,006	3,995
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,611	$123,355
Median home value	$478,800	$383,900
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,789
Housing units	1,583	1,666
Homeownership rate	90.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Skippack	Trappe
Population	3,775 → 4,006 (+6.1%)	3,610 → 3,995 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$117,938 → $143,611 (+21.8%)	$91,667 → $123,355 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$326,600 → $478,800 (+46.6%)	$258,500 → $383,900 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $1,750 (+13.8%)	$1,213 → $1,789 (+47.5%)

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

Trappe

Population

3,6103,995

Median household income

$91,667$123,355

Median home value

$258,500$383,900

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Skippack	Trappe
Under 5	3.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	21.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.2%
75 and over	5.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Skippack	Trappe
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	80.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.6%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Skippack	Trappe
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	14.8%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Skippack	Trappe
Drove alone	78.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	22.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Skippack	Trappe
1-unit, detached	56.2%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Skippack	Trappe
Poverty rate	2.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1992	1981