Bald Eagle vs Roots

A side-by-side comparison of Bald Eagle and Roots: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roots has the higher population (239 vs 219 in Bald Eagle). Bald Eagle has the higher median home value ($227,800 vs $204,000 in Roots). Since 2019, Bald Eagle's population has grown faster (+73.8% vs +33.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bald Eagle	Roots
Population	219	239
Median age	49.5 yrs	11.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$106,411
Median home value	$227,800	$204,000
Housing units	109	57
Homeownership rate	81.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bald Eagle	Roots
Population	126 → 219 (+73.8%)	179 → 239 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$45,278 → $61,250 (+35.3%)	—

Bald Eagle

Population

126219

Median household income

$45,278$61,250

Roots

Population

179239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bald Eagle	Roots
Under 5	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	10.0%	35.1%
18 to 24	13.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	25.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.5%	5.9%
65 to 74	17.4%	17.2%
75 and over	17.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bald Eagle	Roots
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bald Eagle	Roots
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	67.3%	74.1%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bald Eagle	Roots
Drove alone	87.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bald Eagle	Roots
1-unit, detached	64.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	29.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bald Eagle	Roots
Poverty rate	15.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.09	4.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1977	1991