Bellefonte vs Boalsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefonte and Boalsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellefonte has the higher population (6,022 vs 4,653 in Boalsburg). Boalsburg has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $57,157 in Bellefonte). Boalsburg has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $232,500 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
Population	6,022	4,653
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,157	$106,806
Median home value	$232,500	$400,000
Median gross rent	$900	$1,269
Housing units	3,015	2,177
Homeownership rate	48.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
Population	6,282 → 6,022 (-4.1%)	4,642 → 4,653 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $57,157 (+1.6%)	$105,891 → $106,806 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $232,500 (+21.3%)	$324,900 → $400,000 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $900 (+11.5%)	$1,170 → $1,269 (+8.5%)

Bellefonte

Population

6,2826,022

Median household income

$56,250$57,157

Median home value

$191,600$232,500

Median gross rent

$807$900

Boalsburg

Population

4,6424,653

Median household income

$105,891$106,806

Median home value

$324,900$400,000

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
Under 5	3.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	29.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
Drove alone	73.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	16.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
1-unit, detached	49.3%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Boalsburg
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1951	1984