Ford Cliff vs South Bethlehem

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

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

Ford Cliff has the higher population (386 vs 374 in South Bethlehem). Ford Cliff has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $45,000 in South Bethlehem). South Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($104,500 vs $100,000 in Ford Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
Population	386	374
Median age	45.5 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$45,000
Median home value	$100,000	$104,500
Median gross rent	$1,313	$738
Housing units	179	204
Homeownership rate	90.6%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
Population	424 → 386 (-9.0%)	432 → 374 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $64,750 (+48.0%)	$51,528 → $45,000 (-12.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $100,000 (+27.2%)	$85,600 → $104,500 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $1,313 (+79.4%)	$525 → $738 (+40.6%)

Ford Cliff

Population

424386

Median household income

$43,750$64,750

Median home value

$78,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$732$1,313

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)

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
Under 5	3.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	6.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	24.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.8%
75 and over	7.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	41.6%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
Drove alone	81.9%	62.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
1-unit, detached	93.9%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford Cliff	South Bethlehem
Poverty rate	7.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.27	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1952	1948