Bellefonte vs Port Penn

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefonte and Port Penn: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellefonte and Port Penn are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellefonte has the higher population (1,507 vs 477 in Port Penn). Port Penn has the higher median household income ($95,287 vs $86,667 in Bellefonte). Port Penn has the higher median home value ($388,500 vs $275,200 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
Population	1,507	477
Median age	41.9 yrs	66.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$95,287
Median home value	$275,200	$388,500
Median gross rent	$1,531	—
Housing units	660	136
Homeownership rate	66.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
Population	1,173 → 1,507 (+28.5%)	293 → 477 (+62.8%)
Median household income	$79,063 → $86,667 (+9.6%)	—
Median home value	$226,300 → $275,200 (+21.6%)	$175,000 → $388,500 (+122.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,531 (+42.0%)	—

Bellefonte

Population

1,1731,507

Median household income

$79,063$86,667

Median home value

$226,300$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,531

Port Penn

Population

293477

Median home value

$175,000$388,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
Under 5	8.7%	12.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	2.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	2.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	25.6%
75 and over	3.0%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	17.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	75.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
Drove alone	67.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
1-unit, detached	81.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Port Penn
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.32	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1940	1938