Bellwood vs Martinsburg

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

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

Martinsburg has the higher population (1,724 vs 1,586 in Bellwood). Martinsburg has the higher median household income ($69,038 vs $55,750 in Bellwood). Martinsburg has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $138,200 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
Population	1,586	1,724
Median age	41.5 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$69,038
Median home value	$138,200	$153,200
Median gross rent	$973	$790
Housing units	790	734
Homeownership rate	73.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
Population	1,618 → 1,586 (-2.0%)	1,689 → 1,724 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $55,750 (+7.3%)	$48,125 → $69,038 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $138,200 (+13.9%)	$137,500 → $153,200 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $973 (+28.0%)	$652 → $790 (+21.2%)

Bellwood

Population

1,6181,586

Median household income

$51,964$55,750

Median home value

$121,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$760$973

Martinsburg

Population

1,6891,724

Median household income

$48,125$69,038

Median home value

$137,500$153,200

Median gross rent

$652$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
Under 5	5.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.8%
75 and over	5.7%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	49.2%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
Drove alone	82.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.2%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
1-unit, detached	84.2%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Martinsburg
Poverty rate	16.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1949	1958