Bethel Park vs Plum

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel Park and Plum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethel Park has the higher population (33,070 vs 26,873 in Plum). Bethel Park has the higher median household income ($104,129 vs $98,475 in Plum). Bethel Park has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $218,600 in Plum).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel Park	Plum
Population	33,070	26,873
Median age	48.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,129	$98,475
Median home value	$258,700	$218,600
Median gross rent	$1,259	$1,156
Housing units	15,723	11,476
Homeownership rate	77.0%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel Park	Plum
Population	32,177 → 33,070 (+2.8%)	27,195 → 26,873 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$79,894 → $104,129 (+30.3%)	$78,709 → $98,475 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $258,700 (+37.2%)	$153,700 → $218,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,259 (+24.0%)	$948 → $1,156 (+21.9%)

Bethel Park

Population

32,17733,070

Median household income

$79,894$104,129

Median home value

$188,600$258,700

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,259

Plum

Population

27,19526,873

Median household income

$78,709$98,475

Median home value

$153,700$218,600

Median gross rent

$948$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel Park	Plum
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.6%
75 and over	9.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel Park	Plum
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel Park	Plum
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	21.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel Park	Plum
Drove alone	64.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.5%
Public transit	4.9%	1.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	21.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel Park	Plum
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	11.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethel Park	Plum
Poverty rate	4.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1964	1971