THE DREXEL HILL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Drexel Hill CDP has 3.2 square miles of land in Delaware County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Drexel Hill and Delaware County
Drexel Hill is associated with Delaware County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Drexel Hill by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Drexel Hill, or 0% of its total area. It is 3.6 percentage points lower than the 3.6% recorded for Delaware County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Drexel Hill CDP has 40.9% of the land area of nearby Upper Darby township (7.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.