Bell Acres vs Wilmerding

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

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

Wilmerding has the higher population (1,781 vs 1,650 in Bell Acres). Bell Acres has the higher median household income ($161,184 vs $37,764 in Wilmerding). Bell Acres has the higher median home value ($424,700 vs $65,000 in Wilmerding).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
Population	1,650	1,781
Median age	43.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$161,184	$37,764
Median home value	$424,700	$65,000
Median gross rent	$1,078	$773
Housing units	667	1,161
Homeownership rate	92.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
Population	1,463 → 1,650 (+12.8%)	1,860 → 1,781 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$105,313 → $161,184 (+53.1%)	$27,113 → $37,764 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$288,700 → $424,700 (+47.1%)	$53,300 → $65,000 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,078 (+10.0%)	$705 → $773 (+9.6%)

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

Wilmerding

Population

1,8601,781

Median household income

$27,113$37,764

Median home value

$53,300$65,000

Median gross rent

$705$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.8%
75 and over	7.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	66.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	30.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
No high school diploma	2.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	20.3%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
Drove alone	68.7%	60.9%
Carpooled	0.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.1%	15.9%
Walked	1.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	12.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
1-unit, detached	94.5%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell Acres	Wilmerding
Poverty rate	7.7%	29.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	42
Median year structure built	1963	1941