Bally vs West Lawn

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

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

West Lawn has the higher population (1,213 vs 1,129 in Bally). Bally has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $68,309 in West Lawn). Bally has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $183,100 in West Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Bally	West Lawn
Population	1,129	1,213
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$68,309
Median home value	$232,100	$183,100
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,200
Housing units	504	619
Homeownership rate	71.0%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bally	West Lawn
Population	1,390 → 1,129 (-18.8%)	1,567 → 1,213 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $75,000 (+2.8%)	$62,010 → $68,309 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $232,100 (+34.9%)	$143,600 → $183,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,194 (+10.5%)	$1,272 → $1,200 (-5.7%)

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

West Lawn

Population

1,5671,213

Median household income

$62,010$68,309

Median home value

$143,600$183,100

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bally	West Lawn
Under 5	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	23.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bally	West Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	68.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	4.0%
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%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bally	West Lawn
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bally	West Lawn
Drove alone	80.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	18.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bally	West Lawn
1-unit, detached	59.7%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	47.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bally	West Lawn
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1958	1950