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Bala Cynwyd CDP, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Bala Cynwyd CDP is a Census CDP of 10,227 people across 2.29 square miles of land, in Montgomery County. Median household income is $150,000, 69.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 36 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $19.1 m.
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Bala Cynwyd
What Bala Cynwyd is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.29 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,467
- County holding the largest share of its areaMontgomery 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.
Bala Cynwyd
How many people live in Bala Cynwyd
- Population10,227
- Median age39.6
- Population under 183,170
- Share under 1831.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,107
- Share 65 and over20.6 percent
- Households3,992
- Family households2,535
- Share of households that are families63.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bala Cynwyd
Income and work in Bala Cynwyd
- Median household income$150,000
- Per capita income$92,895
- Civilian labor force4,752
- Employed4,512
- Unemployed240 plus or minus 124
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over6,638
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher75.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree46.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bala Cynwyd
- Housing units4,332
- Occupied units3,992
- Vacant units340 plus or minus 164
- Vacancy rate7.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied2,792
- Renter occupied1,200
- Ownership rate69.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$640,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,886
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent
- Single family units2,577
- Share single family59.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,755
- Share in buildings of two or more40.5 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bala Cynwyd gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,064
- Commuting under 15 minutes741 plus or minus 207
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,426
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.5 percent
- Drove alone53.9 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport4.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked2.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home31.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bala Cynwyd
SBA loans in Bala Cynwyd (7(a))
- Approvals36
- Gross approval$19,085,400
- Average approval$530,150
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,850,000
- Largest approval$2,441,000
- Jobs supported352
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.6 percent
- Share to franchises8.3 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 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.
Bala Cynwyd
SBA loans in Bala Cynwyd (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,232,000
- Average approval$1,116,000
- Median approval$2,099,000
- Largest approval$2,099,000
- Jobs supported7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Montgomery County, not Bala Cynwyd
Montgomery County context, not Bala Cynwyd figures
These are Montgomery County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bala Cynwyd measurements.
- Establishments in Montgomery County26,711
- Employment at those establishments, Montgomery County559,196
- Covered employment, Montgomery County505,821
- Average annual pay, Montgomery County$88,412
- Average weekly wage, Montgomery County$1,700
- Housing units permitted, Montgomery County2,490
- Of those, single family, Montgomery County1,877
- County product, 2024, Montgomery County$110,422,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Montgomery County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Montgomery County$109,868
Every figure in this section is published for Montgomery County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bala Cynwyd. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Bala Cynwyd questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania?
10,227, in 3,992 households. Bala Cynwyd CDP covers 2.29 square miles of land, which is 4,467 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bala Cynwyd in?
Montgomery 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 Bala Cynwyd?
$150,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $640,400. Median gross rent is $1,886 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bala Cynwyd businesses?
36 7(a) approvals totalling $19.1 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bala Cynwyd, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bala Cynwyd borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bala Cynwyd. only 7 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.
Are the county figures on this page Bala Cynwyd figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Montgomery 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 Bala Cynwyd.
Is zoning published for Bala Cynwyd?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.