Bellefonte vs Townsend

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

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

Townsend has the higher population (2,792 vs 1,507 in Bellefonte). Townsend has the higher median household income ($153,083 vs $86,667 in Bellefonte). Townsend has the higher median home value ($433,400 vs $275,200 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Townsend
Population	1,507	2,792
Median age	41.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$153,083
Median home value	$275,200	$433,400
Median gross rent	$1,531	$1,208
Housing units	660	797
Homeownership rate	66.9%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Townsend
Population	1,173 → 1,507 (+28.5%)	2,434 → 2,792 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$79,063 → $86,667 (+9.6%)	$119,417 → $153,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$226,300 → $275,200 (+21.6%)	$331,500 → $433,400 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,531 (+42.0%)	$1,591 → $1,208 (-24.1%)

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

Townsend

Population

2,4342,792

Median household income

$119,417$153,083

Median home value

$331,500$433,400

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Townsend
Under 5	8.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	24.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	3.4%
75 and over	3.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	38.0%
Black or African American	17.9%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Townsend
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Townsend
Drove alone	67.4%	57.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	28.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Townsend
1-unit, detached	81.4%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	1.6%
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	Townsend
Poverty rate	6.8%	1.9%
Average household size	2.32	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1940	2006