Bellwood vs Lakemont

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

Bellwood and Lakemont 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 1,504 in Lakemont). Bellwood has the higher median household income ($55,750 vs $49,036 in Lakemont). Lakemont has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $138,200 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Lakemont
Population	1,586	1,504
Median age	41.5 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$49,036
Median home value	$138,200	$147,300
Median gross rent	$973	$1,103
Housing units	790	817
Homeownership rate	73.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Lakemont
Population	1,618 → 1,586 (-2.0%)	1,860 → 1,504 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $55,750 (+7.3%)	$52,471 → $49,036 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $138,200 (+13.9%)	$124,400 → $147,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $973 (+28.0%)	$808 → $1,103 (+36.5%)

Bellwood

Population

1,6181,586

Median household income

$51,964$55,750

Median home value

$121,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$760$973

Lakemont

Population

1,8601,504

Median household income

$52,471$49,036

Median home value

$124,400$147,300

Median gross rent

$808$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Lakemont
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.7%
75 and over	5.7%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Lakemont
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Lakemont
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	49.2%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Lakemont
Drove alone	82.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.9%
Walked	3.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Lakemont
1-unit, detached	84.2%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Lakemont
Poverty rate	16.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.32	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1949	1970