Bell Acres vs Rankin

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Acres and Rankin: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Acres and Rankin are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rankin has the higher population (1,729 vs 1,650 in Bell Acres). Bell Acres has the higher median household income ($161,184 vs $29,783 in Rankin). Bell Acres has the higher median home value ($424,700 vs $84,400 in Rankin).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Acres	Rankin
Population	1,650	1,729
Median age	43.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$161,184	$29,783
Median home value	$424,700	$84,400
Median gross rent	$1,078	$548
Housing units	667	899
Homeownership rate	92.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Acres	Rankin
Population	1,463 → 1,650 (+12.8%)	2,068 → 1,729 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $161,184 (+53.1%)	$34,091 → $29,783 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$288,700 → $424,700 (+47.1%)	$49,100 → $84,400 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,078 (+10.0%)	$613 → $548 (-10.6%)

Bell Acres

Population

1,4631,650

Median household income

$105,313$161,184

Median home value

$288,700$424,700

Median gross rent

$980$1,078

Rankin

Population

2,0681,729

Median household income

$34,091$29,783

Median home value

$49,100$84,400

Median gross rent

$613$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Acres	Rankin
Under 5	4.8%	14.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	8.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	15.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.1%
75 and over	7.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Acres	Rankin
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	19.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	64.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Acres	Rankin
No high school diploma	2.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	20.3%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Acres	Rankin
Drove alone	68.7%	40.5%
Carpooled	0.9%	17.5%
Public transit	0.1%	32.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Acres	Rankin
1-unit, detached	94.5%	34.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	26.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell Acres	Rankin
Poverty rate	7.7%	32.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1963	1950