Branchdale vs Heckscherville

A side-by-side comparison of Branchdale and Heckscherville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heckscherville has the higher population (315 vs 306 in Branchdale). Heckscherville has the higher median household income ($66,042 vs $31,563 in Branchdale). Branchdale has the higher median home value ($75,800 vs $71,700 in Heckscherville).

Population, income & housing

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
Population	306	315
Median age	59.4 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,563	$66,042
Median home value	$75,800	$71,700
Housing units	233	108
Homeownership rate	67.3%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
Population	332 → 306 (-7.8%)	188 → 315 (+67.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $31,563 (-29.9%)	$43,000 → $66,042 (+53.6%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $75,800 (+2.0%)	$51,000 → $71,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $575 (+15.7%)	—

Branchdale

Population

332306

Median household income

$45,000$31,563

Median home value

$74,300$75,800

Median gross rent

$497$575

Heckscherville

Population

188315

Median household income

$43,000$66,042

Median home value

$51,000$71,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
Under 5	2.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	2.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	1.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	3.3%	20.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	4.4%
45 to 54	26.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	35.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	3.2%
75 and over	4.6%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
No high school diploma	26.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	50.7%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
Drove alone	83.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.5%
Other means	2.4%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
1-unit, detached	51.9%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	39.1%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Branchdale	Heckscherville
Poverty rate	27.1%	9.5%
Average household size	1.51	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938