Bellefonte vs Park Forest Village

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefonte and Park Forest Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Forest Village has the higher population (8,810 vs 6,022 in Bellefonte). Park Forest Village has the higher median household income ($79,363 vs $57,157 in Bellefonte). Park Forest Village has the higher median home value ($383,100 vs $232,500 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
Population	6,022	8,810
Median age	45.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,157	$79,363
Median home value	$232,500	$383,100
Median gross rent	$900	$1,317
Housing units	3,015	4,246
Homeownership rate	48.7%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
Population	6,282 → 6,022 (-4.1%)	10,299 → 8,810 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $57,157 (+1.6%)	$72,083 → $79,363 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $232,500 (+21.3%)	$289,800 → $383,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $900 (+11.5%)	$1,072 → $1,317 (+22.9%)

Bellefonte

Population

6,2826,022

Median household income

$56,250$57,157

Median home value

$191,600$232,500

Median gross rent

$807$900

Park Forest Village

Population

10,2998,810

Median household income

$72,083$79,363

Median home value

$289,800$383,100

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
Under 5	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	16.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.8%
75 and over	8.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	75.3%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	48.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
Drove alone	73.7%	53.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.6%
Public transit	1.8%	6.1%
Walked	5.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.4%
Worked from home	11.3%	25.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
1-unit, detached	49.3%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	28.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Park Forest Village
Poverty rate	16.3%	22.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1951	1982