Bally vs Oley

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

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

Oley has the higher population (1,232 vs 1,129 in Bally). Oley has the higher median household income ($85,068 vs $75,000 in Bally). Oley has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $232,100 in Bally).

Population, income & housing

	Bally	Oley
Population	1,129	1,232
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$85,068
Median home value	$232,100	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,354
Housing units	504	487
Homeownership rate	71.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bally	Oley
Population	1,390 → 1,129 (-18.8%)	1,203 → 1,232 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $75,000 (+2.8%)	$67,138 → $85,068 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $232,100 (+34.9%)	$174,600 → $250,000 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,194 (+10.5%)	$1,116 → $1,354 (+21.3%)

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

Oley

Population

1,2031,232

Median household income

$67,138$85,068

Median home value

$174,600$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,354

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bally	Oley
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.1%
75 and over	10.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bally	Oley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
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%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bally	Oley
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bally	Oley
Drove alone	80.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bally	Oley
1-unit, detached	59.7%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bally	Oley
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1958	1971