Bellwood vs Claysburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bellwood and Claysburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellwood has the higher population (1,586 vs 1,120 in Claysburg). Bellwood has the higher median household income ($55,750 vs $54,453 in Claysburg). Claysburg has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $138,200 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Claysburg
Population	1,586	1,120
Median age	41.5 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$54,453
Median home value	$138,200	$146,300
Median gross rent	$973	$835
Housing units	790	455
Homeownership rate	73.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Claysburg
Population	1,618 → 1,586 (-2.0%)	1,337 → 1,120 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $55,750 (+7.3%)	$37,625 → $54,453 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $138,200 (+13.9%)	$109,300 → $146,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $973 (+28.0%)	$739 → $835 (+13.0%)

Bellwood

Population

1,6181,586

Median household income

$51,964$55,750

Median home value

$121,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$760$973

Claysburg

Population

1,3371,120

Median household income

$37,625$54,453

Median home value

$109,300$146,300

Median gross rent

$739$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Claysburg
Under 5	5.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	23.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.3%
75 and over	5.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Claysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Claysburg
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	49.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Claysburg
Drove alone	82.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Claysburg
1-unit, detached	84.2%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Claysburg
Poverty rate	16.5%	17.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1949	1956