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Chalfont borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Chalfont borough is a Census borough of 4,346 people across 1.62 square miles of land, in Bucks County. Median household income is $124,485, 82.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 34 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $16.5 m.
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Chalfont
What Chalfont is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.62 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,685
- County holding the largest share of its areaBucks County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chalfont
How many people live in Chalfont
- Population4,346
- Median age40.7
- Population under 181,079 plus or minus 281
- Share under 1824.8 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over623 plus or minus 125
- Share 65 and over14.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Households1,662
- Family households1,307
- Share of households that are families78.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chalfont
Income and work in Chalfont
- Median household income$124,485 plus or minus $35,112
- Per capita income$56,736
- Civilian labor force2,610
- Employed2,429
- Unemployed181 plus or minus 161
- Unemployment rate6.9 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over2,927
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher58.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chalfont
Housing in Chalfont
- Housing units1,709
- Occupied units1,662
- Vacant units47 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate2.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied1,374
- Renter occupied288 plus or minus 180
- Ownership rate82.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$445,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,913 plus or minus $434
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.4 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units1,350
- Share single family79.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more359 plus or minus 197
- Share in buildings of two or more21.0 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chalfont
How Chalfont gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,848
- Commuting under 15 minutes242 plus or minus 140
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more881 plus or minus 242
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.7 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Drove alone68.1 percent
- Carpooled6.4 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home22.3 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chalfont
SBA 7(a) lending to Chalfont borrowers
- Approvals34
- Gross approval$16,488,700
- Average approval$484,962
- Median approval$145,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,250,000
- Largest approval$4,660,000
- Jobs supported239
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.9 percent
- Share to franchises26.5 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chalfont
SBA 504 lending to Chalfont borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,332,000
- Average approval$1,083,000
- Median approval$722,000
- Largest approval$2,810,000
- Jobs supported17
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chalfont
Flood programme status in Chalfont
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420184
- Currently effective map date03/21/17
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Bucks County, not Chalfont
Bucks County context, not Chalfont figures
These are Bucks County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chalfont measurements.
- Establishments in Bucks County20,043
- Employment at those establishments, Bucks County263,278
- Covered employment, Bucks County274,632
- Average annual pay, Bucks County$64,953
- Average weekly wage, Bucks County$1,249
- Housing units permitted, Bucks County718
- Of those, single family, Bucks County511
- County product, 2024, Bucks County$48,826,773,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bucks County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bucks County$119,540
Every figure in this section is published for Bucks County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chalfont. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Chalfont questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chalfont, Pennsylvania?
4,346, in 1,662 households. Chalfont borough covers 1.62 square miles of land, which is 2,685 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chalfont in?
Bucks County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Chalfont?
$124,485. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $445,900. Median gross rent is $1,913 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chalfont businesses?
34 7(a) approvals totalling $16.5 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $145,700, plus 4 504 approvals worth $4.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chalfont, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chalfont borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Chalfont. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Chalfont in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Chalfont appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420184, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Chalfont figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bucks County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Chalfont.
Is zoning published for Chalfont?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.