Burb vs. burb

Perkasie Quakertown

Two Bucks County contenders, $100K apart on a typical house, and two different ideas of a Saturday. The tale of the tape:

Quick verdict

  • Your dollar goes further in Quakertown: homes around $350K against $450K.
  • Perkasie is the quieter evening.

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

Perkasie Quakertown
CountyBucksBucks
Typical home$450K$350K
TrainNo stationNo station
Drive to Center City~55 min~60 min
SchoolsPennridgeQuakertown Community
Population9,1209,359
In our guide60 places106 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

Perkasie

  • Country Place Restaurant: Family-owned restaurant and bar that's been at it in Perkasie for 50 years, with a menu that ranges from steaks and seafood to baked ziti.
  • Threddies: A Perkasie shop that's been making scrunchies and hair elastics in 20-plus colors since 1999, sold at wholesale-to-the-public prices.
  • Menlo Aquatics Center: Perkasie's borough pool has anchored Menlo Park since 1939, rebuilt in 2007 with a lazy river and a drop slide off the 13-foot deep end.

The full Perkasie guide →

Quakertown

  • Bada Bing Bagels: New York bagels, par-boiled in the city that invented them and finished fresh every morning in Quakertown, from a shop that owes its name to one too many Sopranos reruns.
  • Moyer's Shoes: A family shoe store on West Broad that has been measuring feet and fitting them properly since 1952.
  • Veterans Park Quakertown: The Richland Township park where the communal stuff lands: free Movies in the Park on summer Friday nights at 7, plus the township's Community Day every August.

The full Quakertown guide →