Bellefonte vs St. Georges

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefonte and St. Georges: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Georges has the higher population (1,564 vs 1,507 in Bellefonte). St. Georges has the higher median household income ($146,944 vs $86,667 in Bellefonte). St. Georges has the higher median home value ($474,500 vs $275,200 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
Population	1,507	1,564
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$146,944
Median home value	$275,200	$474,500
Median gross rent	$1,531	—
Housing units	660	575
Homeownership rate	66.9%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
Population	1,173 → 1,507 (+28.5%)	767 → 1,564 (+103.9%)
Median household income	$79,063 → $86,667 (+9.6%)	$102,321 → $146,944 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$226,300 → $275,200 (+21.6%)	$302,500 → $474,500 (+56.9%)
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

St. Georges

Population

7671,564

Median household income

$102,321$146,944

Median home value

$302,500$474,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
Under 5	8.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	19.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	3.6%
75 and over	3.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	49.3%
Black or African American	17.9%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	37.2%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
Drove alone	67.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.6%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	St. Georges
1-unit, detached	81.4%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.0%
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	St. Georges
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	23	41
Median year structure built	1940	2001