G o o d B u r b s
Burb vs. burb

Glenside New Hope

Montgomery County against Bucks County, $324K apart on a typical house, and two different ideas of a Saturday. The tale of the tape:

Quick verdict

  • Your dollar goes further in Glenside: homes around $476K against $800K.
  • Glenside has a train (25 min to Center City); New Hope doesn't. For some households that ends the conversation.
  • New Hope wins the browse. The shops are the afternoon.
  • New Hope gets you onto a trail faster.
  • New Hope fills a family Saturday with less driving.

The read, side by side

Food scene
Nights out
Shops & browsing
Arts & festivals
Trails & outdoors
Family Saturdays
Train to the city
Main-street walk
Peace & quiet

Scored 0–5 by us, the way we’d brief a friend. Not by a formula.

The numbers

Glenside New Hope
CountyMontgomeryBucks
Typical home$476K$800K
TrainGlenside, about 25 minNo station
Drive to Center City~25 min~55 min
SchoolsCheltenham and AbingtonNew Hope-Solebury
Population7,7372,612
In our guide90 places114 places

Home values: typical figures checked against Zillow and Redfin, mid-2026. Train times: typical scheduled rides to Jefferson Station, rounded. Verify before you commit to anything with a mortgage on it.

A Saturday in each

Glenside

  • Rooster's Glenside: An American pub on North Keswick, named for Danny Moyer, the Glenside resident friends and family called Rooster.
  • Custom Picture Framer of Glenside: Custom framing on North Keswick Avenue: the place you take the diploma, the concert poster, or the jersey that has been rolled up in a tube for years.
  • Baederwood Park: One of Abington Township's public parks, on Highland Avenue in the Baederwood section of Glenside.

The full Glenside guide →

New Hope

  • Landmark Tavern at Logan Inn: The Logan Inn has run as an inn since 1727, one of the oldest still going in the country, and the tavern out front is where you drink to it.
  • 4 The Love Of Thingz: A women's boutique on South Main where the Judy Blue denim wall runs deep and the graphic tees are filed by theme: sarcasm, animals, pride, holidays.
  • Bucks County Playhouse: A converted 1790 grist mill on the Delaware that's been staging shows since 1939, where Grace Kelly made her professional debut and Robert Redford premiered "Barefoot in the Park." Summers still mean full-scale musicals like this season's South Pacific and Rent, with dinner on the Playhouse Deck over the river before curtain.

The full New Hope guide →

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