Bally vs Muhlenberg Park

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

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

Muhlenberg Park has the higher population (1,179 vs 1,129 in Bally). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median household income ($94,426 vs $75,000 in Bally). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median home value ($266,300 vs $232,100 in Bally).

Population, income & housing

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
Population	1,129	1,179
Median age	45.2 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$94,426
Median home value	$232,100	$266,300
Median gross rent	$1,194	—
Housing units	504	623
Homeownership rate	71.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
Population	1,390 → 1,129 (-18.8%)	1,656 → 1,179 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $75,000 (+2.8%)	$75,653 → $94,426 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $232,100 (+34.9%)	$165,200 → $266,300 (+61.2%)
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

Muhlenberg Park

Population

1,6561,179

Median household income

$75,653$94,426

Median home value

$165,200$266,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
Under 5	3.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	2.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	33.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.8%
75 and over	10.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	85.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	40.1%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
Drove alone	80.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
1-unit, detached	59.7%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bally	Muhlenberg Park
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1958	1963