Bellwood vs Duncansville

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

Bellwood and Duncansville 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 1,145 in Duncansville). Duncansville has the higher median household income ($58,828 vs $55,750 in Bellwood). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($138,200 vs $132,000 in Duncansville).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Duncansville
Population	1,586	1,145
Median age	41.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$58,828
Median home value	$138,200	$132,000
Median gross rent	$973	$824
Housing units	790	576
Homeownership rate	73.8%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Duncansville
Population	1,618 → 1,586 (-2.0%)	1,161 → 1,145 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $55,750 (+7.3%)	$50,563 → $58,828 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $138,200 (+13.9%)	$117,000 → $132,000 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $973 (+28.0%)	$808 → $824 (+2.0%)

Bellwood

Population

1,6181,586

Median household income

$51,964$55,750

Median home value

$121,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$760$973

Duncansville

Population

1,1611,145

Median household income

$50,563$58,828

Median home value

$117,000$132,000

Median gross rent

$808$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Duncansville
Under 5	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	17.2%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Duncansville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Duncansville
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	49.2%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Duncansville
Drove alone	82.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Duncansville
1-unit, detached	84.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Duncansville
Poverty rate	16.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1949	1958