Bellevue vs Castle Shannon

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Castle Shannon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellevue and Castle Shannon are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castle Shannon has the higher population (8,237 vs 8,186 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($64,888 vs $62,426 in Castle Shannon). Castle Shannon has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $177,900 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
Population	8,186	8,237
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,888	$62,426
Median home value	$177,900	$182,400
Median gross rent	$935	$1,002
Housing units	4,648	4,044
Homeownership rate	42.9%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
Population	8,146 → 8,186 (+0.5%)	8,213 → 8,237 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$46,397 → $64,888 (+39.9%)	$62,149 → $62,426 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $177,900 (+45.8%)	$125,500 → $182,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $935 (+20.0%)	$859 → $1,002 (+16.6%)

Bellevue

Population

8,1468,186

Median household income

$46,397$64,888

Median home value

$122,000$177,900

Median gross rent

$779$935

Castle Shannon

Population

8,2138,237

Median household income

$62,149$62,426

Median home value

$125,500$182,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
Under 5	7.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	24.7%	19.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.3%
75 and over	5.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	10.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	23.4%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
Drove alone	65.2%	64.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.2%
Public transit	4.5%	13.9%
Walked	3.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	10.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
1-unit, detached	39.2%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	13.3%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Castle Shannon
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1954