Bechtelsville vs Bernville

A side-by-side comparison of Bechtelsville and Bernville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bechtelsville has the higher population (848 vs 817 in Bernville). Bernville has the higher median household income ($88,958 vs $83,229 in Bechtelsville). Bechtelsville has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $220,900 in Bernville).

Population, income & housing

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
Population	848	817
Median age	36.6 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	$88,958
Median home value	$232,100	$220,900
Median gross rent	$1,222	$1,098
Housing units	363	307
Homeownership rate	74.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
Population	1,003 → 848 (-15.5%)	851 → 817 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$75,368 → $83,229 (+10.4%)	$56,750 → $88,958 (+56.8%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $232,100 (+24.2%)	$159,600 → $220,900 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,222 (+19.7%)	$856 → $1,098 (+28.3%)

Bechtelsville

Population

1,003848

Median household income

$75,368$83,229

Median home value

$186,900$232,100

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,222

Bernville

Population

851817

Median household income

$56,750$88,958

Median home value

$159,600$220,900

Median gross rent

$856$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
Under 5	4.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	20.8%	20.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	5.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.4%
75 and over	5.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
Drove alone	74.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
1-unit, detached	43.5%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bechtelsville	Bernville
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1955	1962