Bechtelsville vs Greenfields

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

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

Greenfields has the higher population (872 vs 848 in Bechtelsville). Bechtelsville has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $75,268 in Greenfields). Greenfields has the higher median home value ($247,300 vs $232,100 in Bechtelsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
Population	848	872
Median age	36.6 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	$75,268
Median home value	$232,100	$247,300
Median gross rent	$1,222	—
Housing units	363	421
Homeownership rate	74.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
Population	1,003 → 848 (-15.5%)	1,056 → 872 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$75,368 → $83,229 (+10.4%)	$63,173 → $75,268 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $232,100 (+24.2%)	$163,200 → $247,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,222 (+19.7%)	$1,198 → $1,523 (+27.1%)

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

Greenfields

Population

1,056872

Median household income

$63,173$75,268

Median home value

$163,200$247,300

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	3.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	20.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	34.6%
75 and over	5.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
Drove alone	74.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	15.7%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
1-unit, detached	43.5%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bechtelsville	Greenfields
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1955	1958