One downside of living in Yeadon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Yeadon, the average commute to work is 33.86 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
For a small borough, Yeadon has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Yeadon exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The citizens of Yeadon are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.84% of adults in Yeadon having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Yeadon in 2022 was $31,160, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,640 for a family of four. However, Yeadon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Yeadon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Yeadon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yeadon residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Yeadon include African, Irish, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and Haitian.
The most common language spoken in Yeadon is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and African languages.
