Haverford Township School District, Delaware County, PA
Penfield
Performance Tier
Exceptional
Median Sold
$699,000
Avg. Appreciation
219%
Avg. $ Gain
$485,000
2025 Sales
9
Low Activity
Compared to the Haverford Township district average, Penfield is
outperforming by 63%.
Based on 33 years of public sales records across 2418 neighborhoods in 4 counties.
About
Penfield is an unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Delaware County, whose development was planned beginning in 1907 by real estate developer and aviator Clifford B. Harmon, with Harmon & Company overseeing the installation of roads, sidewalks, gutters, and landscaping. The subdivision appeared on the 1909 Mueller Atlas of Delaware County alongside Brookline and Beechwood, and its layout was designed around walkable access to the Philadelphia and Western Railway — the line now operated by SEPTA as the Norristown High Speed Line, with Penfield Station at Manoa Road and Lawson Avenue still providing direct service to 69th Street Transportation Center. Homes along Penfield Avenue, Lawson Avenue, and Hirst Avenue are primarily detached Colonial and stone Colonial structures, the majority built between 1910 and the late 1940s, and the neighborhood retains its original street grid, consistent with the streetcar-suburb planning model used across the western suburbs of Philadelphia.
Specifications
Home Stock
The dominant housing styles are Colonial and Dutch Colonial, many constructed with stone or frame exteriors, reflecting the architectural vocabulary common to early 20th-century Philadelphia-area streetcar suburbs. Listing records along Lawson Avenue and Penfield Avenue document stone colonials with front porches, hardwood floors, fireplaces, and full basements. The public records subdivision tag ‘PENFIELD’ appears consistently in public records for detached single-family homes.
Location & Access
Manoa Road (hosts the SEPTA Penfield Station at Manoa Road and Lawson Avenue), Township Line Road (eastern edge of the NHSL corridor), Eagle Road, and Karakung Drive (along Cobb’s Creek/Powder Mill Valley). The neighborhood borders Brookline to the south, Chatham to the west, Carroll Park to the east, and Beechwood to the north.
Location Anchors
What Makes This Distinct
Penfield’s long-run appreciation pattern, tracked across 33 years of The Cyr Team’s transaction data, shows values more than doubling — outperforming the Haverford Township School District average by a verified margin — a result consistent with the neighborhood’s structurally constrained housing supply, owner-occupancy concentration, and direct SEPTA NHSL access within walking distance of interior blocks.
For Buyers & Sellers
If You’re Buying
$699k median price point. historically strong appreciation. move fast – homes go quickly.
If You’re Selling
Exceptional appreciation – sellers gained $485k on average. outperforming the district by 63%. properties doubled in value (219% gain). homes selling quickly (quickly). median sale price $699k.
Worth Asking
Have you considered what it means that Penfield Station is less than a block from some of these homes — specifically, whether the NHSL connection to 69th Street Transit Center and the Main Line corridor is already priced into the land, or whether a future buyer without a car could treat this neighborhood as genuinely transit-first?
Common Questions
What school serves children in Penfield?
Most Penfield addresses are assigned to Chatham Park Elementary School (K–5) within the Haverford Township School District. Chatham Park ranks #1 among elementary schools in the district and #34 in Pennsylvania according to U.S. News, with 82% math proficiency and 86% reading proficiency on state assessments. Students then feed into Haverford Middle School and Haverford Senior High School. School boundary assignments can change; buyers should verify their specific address with the Haverford Township School District before purchase.
Is there an HOA in Penfield?
No HOA has been identified in Penfield through public records or public sources. Penfield is an unincorporated community within Haverford Township — maintenance of roads and public infrastructure is handled by the township, and there is no recorded private homeowners association governing the neighborhood’s detached single-family homes.
How does Penfield’s transit access compare to other Haverford Township neighborhoods?
Penfield Station on SEPTA’s Norristown High Speed Line (Route M/NHSL) is located at Manoa Road and Lawson Avenue, placing it within walking distance of interior Penfield blocks. The station is 1.9 track miles from 69th Street Transportation Center, where riders can transfer to the Market-Frankford Line and other SEPTA services. Haverford Township as a whole has seven NHSL stops — more than any other township along the line — and Penfield was specifically developed around that transit corridor beginning in 1907.
Items to Verify with Your Agent
A few specifics on this page are sourced from secondary aggregators or older filings. Confirm before relying:
- Approx Homes — No verified count of homes within the Penfield community boundary is available from a named authoritative source. The Wikipedia 2020 census population of 1,519 and Point2Homes figure of 142 occupied units reflect different boundary definitions. The public records ‘PENFIELD’ subdivision tag captures only recorded public records sales, not total housing stock. Leaving null to avoid fabrication.
- Interior Sqft Range Text — Range is derived from individual public records listing records (1,496 sq ft to 3,875 sq ft) rather than a district-wide structural survey. Actual range may extend beyond these samples.
- Lot Character Text — Lot sizes are derived from public records on Redfin for two individual addresses (6,142 and 6,229 sq ft). A full plat survey was not located. Corner and larger lots may differ substantially.
- Builder — Clifford B. Harmon & Company developed the land infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, gutters, landscaping) beginning around 1907-1910, but individual homes were built organically by multiple builders over several decades. No single homebuilder is attributed to the residential stock.
- Entity Type — Preset entity type was ‘subdivision.’ Research confirms Penfield is a named unincorporated community with its own Wikipedia article, census population, and historic identity as a streetcar suburb — not a modern HOA subdivision. Reclassified to ‘borough_or_community.’ The public records does use ‘PENFIELD’ as a subdivision name tag, which is a secondary administrative convention, not a formal subdivision in the HOA sense.
- Shared Name Sibling — There is a separate ‘Penfield, PA’ in Clearfield County (ZIP 15849). SEO and internal linking should use ‘Penfield Havertown’ or ‘Penfield Haverford Township’ to disambiguate.
School District
Penfield is served by the Haverford Township School District. Buyers should verify current school assignments directly with the district.
View Haverford Township School District Information
Sources Consulted
Public deed records · Delaware County Recorder · en.wikipedia.org · haverfordtownship.org · livingplaces.com · homes.com · niche.com · usnews.com · schooldigger.com · neighborhoodscout.com
Data refreshed: April 25, 2026 (median sold, appreciation, performance tiers, narratives) · Content reviewed: April 25, 2026 (overview, structural insight, FAQs)
The Cyr Team · 2418 neighborhoods · 4 counties · 33 years of public sales records