Bellwood vs Roaring Spring

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

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

Roaring Spring has the higher population (2,356 vs 1,586 in Bellwood). Roaring Spring has the higher median household income ($62,129 vs $55,750 in Bellwood). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($138,200 vs $136,900 in Roaring Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
Population	1,586	2,356
Median age	41.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$62,129
Median home value	$138,200	$136,900
Median gross rent	$973	$775
Housing units	790	1,094
Homeownership rate	73.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
Population	1,618 → 1,586 (-2.0%)	2,531 → 2,356 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$51,964 → $55,750 (+7.3%)	$51,875 → $62,129 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $138,200 (+13.9%)	$114,200 → $136,900 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $973 (+28.0%)	$652 → $775 (+18.9%)

Bellwood

Population

1,6181,586

Median household income

$51,964$55,750

Median home value

$121,300$138,200

Median gross rent

$760$973

Roaring Spring

Population

2,5312,356

Median household income

$51,875$62,129

Median home value

$114,200$136,900

Median gross rent

$652$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	19.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.7%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
No high school diploma	4.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	49.2%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
Drove alone	82.0%	86.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
1-unit, detached	84.2%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Roaring Spring
Poverty rate	16.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	1949	1938