Delmont vs Derry

A side-by-side comparison of Delmont and Derry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Derry has the higher population (2,616 vs 2,604 in Delmont). Delmont has the higher median household income ($65,291 vs $49,051 in Derry). Delmont has the higher median home value ($247,000 vs $122,200 in Derry).

Population, income & housing

	Delmont	Derry
Population	2,604	2,616
Median age	50.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,291	$49,051
Median home value	$247,000	$122,200
Median gross rent	$773	$593
Housing units	1,411	1,396
Homeownership rate	56.6%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delmont	Derry
Population	2,563 → 2,604 (+1.6%)	2,540 → 2,616 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$66,838 → $65,291 (-2.3%)	$48,304 → $49,051 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$181,800 → $247,000 (+35.9%)	$86,900 → $122,200 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $773 (+7.8%)	$625 → $593 (-5.1%)

Delmont

Population

2,5632,604

Median household income

$66,838$65,291

Median home value

$181,800$247,000

Median gross rent

$717$773

Derry

Population

2,5402,616

Median household income

$48,304$49,051

Median home value

$86,900$122,200

Median gross rent

$625$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delmont	Derry
Under 5	1.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	22.0%	12.3%
75 and over	4.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delmont	Derry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delmont	Derry
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delmont	Derry
Drove alone	68.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	6.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delmont	Derry
1-unit, detached	58.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Delmont	Derry
Poverty rate	8.6%	16.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1976	1944