Bellefonte vs Pleasant Gap

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

Bellefonte and Pleasant Gap 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 3,154 in Pleasant Gap). Pleasant Gap has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $57,157 in Bellefonte). Pleasant Gap has the higher median home value ($237,200 vs $232,500 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
Population	6,022	3,154
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,157	$75,625
Median home value	$232,500	$237,200
Median gross rent	$900	$1,326
Housing units	3,015	1,279
Homeownership rate	48.7%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
Population	6,282 → 6,022 (-4.1%)	3,310 → 3,154 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $57,157 (+1.6%)	$64,047 → $75,625 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $232,500 (+21.3%)	$170,600 → $237,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $900 (+11.5%)	$886 → $1,326 (+49.7%)

Bellefonte

Population

6,2826,022

Median household income

$56,250$57,157

Median home value

$191,600$232,500

Median gross rent

$807$900

Pleasant Gap

Population

3,3103,154

Median household income

$64,047$75,625

Median home value

$170,600$237,200

Median gross rent

$886$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
Under 5	3.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	18.2%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.2%
75 and over	8.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
No high school diploma	6.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
Drove alone	73.7%	89.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.7%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
1-unit, detached	49.3%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	9.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	Pleasant Gap
Poverty rate	16.3%	2.9%
Average household size	1.98	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1951	1974