Bally vs Colony Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bally and Colony Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bally has the higher population (1,129 vs 1,125 in Colony Park). Colony Park has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $75,000 in Bally). Colony Park has the higher median home value ($302,700 vs $232,100 in Bally).

Population, income & housing

	Bally	Colony Park
Population	1,129	1,125
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$83,229
Median home value	$232,100	$302,700
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,527
Housing units	504	521
Homeownership rate	71.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	54.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bally	Colony Park
Population	1,390 → 1,129 (-18.8%)	1,289 → 1,125 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $75,000 (+2.8%)	$92,143 → $83,229 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $232,100 (+34.9%)	$268,200 → $302,700 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,194 (+10.5%)	—

Bally

Population

1,3901,129

Median household income

$72,955$75,000

Median home value

$172,100$232,100

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,194

Colony Park

Population

1,2891,125

Median household income

$92,143$83,229

Median home value

$268,200$302,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bally	Colony Park
Under 5	3.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	20.0%
75 and over	10.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bally	Colony Park
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bally	Colony Park
No high school diploma	8.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	40.1%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bally	Colony Park
Drove alone	80.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	23.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bally	Colony Park
1-unit, detached	59.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bally	Colony Park
Poverty rate	9.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1958	1980