Bellwood vs Penn Farms

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

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

Penn Farms has the higher population (2,342 vs 1,586 in Bellwood). Penn Farms has the higher median household income ($105,536 vs $55,750 in Bellwood). Penn Farms has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $138,200 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
Population	1,586	2,342
Median age	41.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$105,536
Median home value	$138,200	$329,200
Median gross rent	$973	$1,118
Housing units	790	890
Homeownership rate	73.8%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
Population	1,618 → 1,586 (-2.0%)	2,540 → 2,342 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $55,750 (+7.3%)	$89,601 → $105,536 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $138,200 (+13.9%)	$265,200 → $329,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $973 (+28.0%)	$947 → $1,118 (+18.1%)

Bellwood

Population

1,6181,586

Median household income

$51,964$55,750

Median home value

$121,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$760$973

Penn Farms

Population

2,5402,342

Median household income

$89,601$105,536

Median home value

$265,200$329,200

Median gross rent

$947$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
Under 5	5.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	5.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	49.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
Drove alone	82.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
1-unit, detached	84.2%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Penn Farms
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1949	1996