Bellevue vs Swissvale

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

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

Swissvale has the higher population (8,499 vs 8,186 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($64,888 vs $60,114 in Swissvale). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($177,900 vs $141,300 in Swissvale).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Swissvale
Population	8,186	8,499
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,888	$60,114
Median home value	$177,900	$141,300
Median gross rent	$935	$1,097
Housing units	4,648	4,879
Homeownership rate	42.9%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Swissvale
Population	8,146 → 8,186 (+0.5%)	8,760 → 8,499 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$46,397 → $64,888 (+39.9%)	$50,067 → $60,114 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $177,900 (+45.8%)	$109,900 → $141,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $935 (+20.0%)	$833 → $1,097 (+31.7%)

Bellevue

Population

8,1468,186

Median household income

$46,397$64,888

Median home value

$122,000$177,900

Median gross rent

$779$935

Swissvale

Population

8,7608,499

Median household income

$50,067$60,114

Median home value

$109,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Swissvale
Under 5	7.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	24.7%	19.8%
35 to 44	17.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.3%
75 and over	5.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Swissvale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	58.4%
Black or African American	10.6%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Swissvale
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	23.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Swissvale
Drove alone	65.2%	49.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.7%
Public transit	4.5%	14.3%
Walked	3.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.9%	20.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Swissvale
1-unit, detached	39.2%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	14.7%
20 or more units	13.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Swissvale
Poverty rate	10.4%	13.1%
Average household size	1.97	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1938	1941