Berks County vs Delaware County

A side-by-side comparison of Berks County and Delaware County: population, income, housing, and more.

Berks County and Delaware County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Delaware County has the higher population (576,195 vs 429,989 in Berks County). Delaware County has the higher median household income ($88,576 vs $77,684 in Berks County). Delaware County has the higher median home value ($302,400 vs $239,700 in Berks County).

Population, income & housing

	Berks County	Delaware County
Population	429,989	576,195
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,684	$88,576
Median home value	$239,700	$302,400
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,315
Housing units	171,147	229,390
Homeownership rate	71.0%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berks County	Delaware County
Population	418,025 → 429,989 (+2.9%)	564,554 → 576,195 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$63,728 → $77,684 (+21.9%)	$74,477 → $88,576 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$178,700 → $239,700 (+34.1%)	$244,400 → $302,400 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,143 (+21.7%)	$1,078 → $1,315 (+22.0%)

Berks County

Population

418,025429,989

Median household income

$63,728$77,684

Median home value

$178,700$239,700

Median gross rent

$939$1,143

Delaware County

Population

564,554576,195

Median household income

$74,477$88,576

Median home value

$244,400$302,400

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,315

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berks County	Delaware County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berks County	Delaware County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berks County	Delaware County
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	36.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berks County	Delaware County
Drove alone	75.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.8%
Public transit	1.0%	6.7%
Walked	2.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	15.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berks County	Delaware County
1-unit, detached	56.2%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	32.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	4.5%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Berks County	Delaware County
Poverty rate	11.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1968	1957