Yeadon is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

[4] It is bordered on the south by the borough of Darby, on the northwest by the borough Lansdowne, on the west and north by Upper Darby Township, and on the east, across Cobbs Creek, by the city of Philadelphia, whose Center City lies 6 miles (10 km) to the east.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yeadon has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all land.

In the years following World War II, Yeadon became home to a large middle-class African American community.

[11] As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 7.5% White, 88.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races.

32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

It follows a generally southwest-to-northeast alignment through the borough, using MacDade Boulevard, Church Lane and Baltimore Avenue.