What is the population of Chalfont borough?

Chalfont borough has 4,301 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #323 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Chalfont borough?

Median household income in Chalfont borough is $131,944 a year, 68% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chalfont borough?

Median gross rent is $1,984 a month and the median home value is $435,700, so rent absorbs about 18% of median household income.

Is Chalfont borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chalfont borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chalfont, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chalfont, Pennsylvania (Chalfont, PA — Census place “Chalfont borough”) is 4,301 residents, ranking #323 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $131,944, the median home is worth $435,700 and median gross rent runs $1,984 a month. Looking for the Chalfont Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chalfont, PA: 18914.

Population: 4,301Chalfont borough residents
Median household income: $131,944Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $435,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,984Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.7%Owner-occupied households

Chalfont ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chalfont.

The Chalfont PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

18914

What the numbers mean in Chalfont borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chalfont borough median would spend about 18% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8% of residents and 83.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Chalfont borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chalfont borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 4,301 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #323 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 41.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Chalfont borough earn a median of $131,944 a year, 68% above the national figure of $78,538 and 86% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chalfont borough is valued at $435,700, 43.6% above the national figure and 126% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,984 a month, 41.1% above the national figure, or roughly $23,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 83.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Chalfont borough?: Chalfont borough has 4,301 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #323 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Chalfont borough?: Median household income in Chalfont borough is $131,944 a year, 68% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chalfont borough?: Median gross rent is $1,984 a month and the median home value is $435,700, so rent absorbs about 18% of median household income.
Is Chalfont borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chalfont borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chalfont borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.