Bechtelsville vs Penn State Berks

A side-by-side comparison of Bechtelsville and Penn State Berks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penn State Berks has the higher population (852 vs 848 in Bechtelsville). Since 2019, Penn State Berks's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
Population	848	852
Median age	36.6 yrs	19.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	—
Median home value	$232,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,222	—
Housing units	363	0
Homeownership rate	74.8%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
Population	1,003 → 848 (-15.5%)	789 → 852 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$75,368 → $83,229 (+10.4%)	—
Median home value	$186,900 → $232,100 (+24.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,222 (+19.7%)	—

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

Penn State Berks

Population

789852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	2.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	95.7%
25 to 34	20.8%	2.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	0.0%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
No high school diploma	8.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
Drove alone	74.0%	29.8%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	57.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
1-unit, detached	43.5%	—
1-unit, attached	36.4%	—
2 to 4 units	11.8%	—
5 to 19 units	8.0%	—
20 or more units	0.0%	—
Mobile home & other	0.3%	—

Poverty & households

	Bechtelsville	Penn State Berks
Poverty rate	8.5%	—
Average household size	2.35	—
Mean commute (minutes)	28	10
Median year structure built	1955	—