Drexel Hill is a city of 30,451 people in Pennsylvania. Density works out to 9,522 people per square mile. About 46% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $266,400, having more than doubled since 2000. The poverty rate is 7.8%, under the national 12.5%. Households earn $88,168 at the median, near the US median.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $88,168, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.2
US median: 38.9
More educated
46% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Drexel Hill
What changed most since 1990
Black share0.5% → 21.2%(+20.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
White share96.7% → 60.4%(−36.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate3.3% → 7.8%(+4.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Drexel Hill's population equals 5.3% of Delaware County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 4.0% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 4.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.8%(159)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.2%(100)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.2%(385)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8%(71)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 892 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Drexel Hill, decade by decade
Drexel Hill population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
29,744
$91,908
$284,168
28.9%
7.9
2000
29,364
$88,833
$228,253
35.2%
17.9
2010
28,043
$95,359
$294,044
39.2%
35.9
2020
29,181
$88,049
$218,046
42.0%
67.9
2024
30,451
$88,168
$266,400
46.0%
72.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
