Bechtelsville vs Stony Creek Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Bechtelsville and Stony Creek Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stony Creek Mills has the higher population (866 vs 848 in Bechtelsville). Bechtelsville has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $54,435 in Stony Creek Mills). Bechtelsville has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $152,300 in Stony Creek Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
Population	848	866
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	$54,435
Median home value	$232,100	$152,300
Median gross rent	$1,222	$3,501
Housing units	363	370
Homeownership rate	74.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
Population	1,003 → 848 (-15.5%)	863 → 866 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$75,368 → $83,229 (+10.4%)	$54,861 → $54,435 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $232,100 (+24.2%)	$137,700 → $152,300 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,222 (+19.7%)	$1,196 → $3,501 (+192.7%)

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

Stony Creek Mills

Population

863866

Median household income

$54,861$54,435

Median home value

$137,700$152,300

Median gross rent

$1,196$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	24.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	20.8%	21.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	59.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	37.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	41.8%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
Drove alone	74.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	15.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bechtelsville	Stony Creek Mills
1-unit, detached	43.5%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	27.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.1%
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	Stony Creek Mills
Poverty rate	8.5%	36.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1955	1957