Applewold vs South Bethlehem

A side-by-side comparison of Applewold and South Bethlehem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Bethlehem has the higher population (374 vs 328 in Applewold). Applewold has the higher median household income ($50,536 vs $45,000 in South Bethlehem). Applewold has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $104,500 in South Bethlehem).

Population, income & housing

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
Population	328	374
Median age	40.8 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,536	$45,000
Median home value	$190,000	$104,500
Median gross rent	$869	$738
Housing units	223	204
Homeownership rate	53.7%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
Population	315 → 328 (+4.1%)	432 → 374 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $50,536 (+3.7%)	$51,528 → $45,000 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $190,000 (+64.4%)	$85,600 → $104,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)	$525 → $738 (+40.6%)

Applewold

Population

315328

Median household income

$48,750$50,536

Median home value

$115,600$190,000

Median gross rent

$688$869

South Bethlehem

Population

432374

Median household income

$51,528$45,000

Median home value

$85,600$104,500

Median gross rent

$525$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
Under 5	3.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	6.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	18.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	24.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.8%
75 and over	13.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
Drove alone	90.1%	62.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	13.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
1-unit, detached	67.3%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Applewold	South Bethlehem
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.5%
Average household size	1.87	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1945	1948