ArdmorePA
A town of 13,909, settled in 1874.
Is Ardmore a good place to live?
We don’t grade Ardmore yet; the figures below are still real.
USS New Jersey and 175 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ardmore. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw7 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw9 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw10 mi MuseumLynnewood HallPhoto credits
USS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Ardmore: who provides what
Ardmore is unincorporated, so Delaware County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ardmore.
A typical Ardmore home is worth about $518K
Ardmore’s median rent stands at $1,763 a month. Among households in the town, 63% live in a home they own, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (78%) and U.S. towns (73%). Typical home values rose 2.3% in the year to September 2026. On the market locally: a median 19 days to sell.
| Ardmore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,763 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 78% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ardmore faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
For Ardmore, the FEMA risk score is 14 of 100. FEMA puts 53% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Ardmore
The range runs from 24° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 8 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Ardmore’s working residents commute to Philadelphia
Most people who work leave Ardmore to do it: just 5% work in town. Its middle household income is $119,000, against $81,000 in Pennsylvania’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Ardmore grew to 8,183 in 2023, 2,133 more than in 2013. 4.8% of residents live below the poverty line locally.
| Ardmore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, fewer of Ardmore’s adults report frequent physical distress
In Ardmore, nearly one in ten adults smoke cigarettes, and 13% report frequent mental distress. Only 10 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Ardmore. Ardmore: 11% of adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Ardmore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Ardmore | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 8.8% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up 1.2% of Ardmore
Trails total 0.8 miles in 5 parks and preserves. For Ardmore, the density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Ardmore | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vernon V. Young Memorial Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
| 2. Packer Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| 3. Normandy Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Ardmore
Colleges nearby
45 within 15 miles of the center of Ardmore
About 5 of every 100 Ardmore residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Ardmore’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Ardmore.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardmore | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haverford College | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wynnewood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Penn Wynne | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ardmore, Haverford College, Wynnewood and Penn Wynne aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ardmore with a neighbor →
Questions about Ardmore
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