Bellefonte vs State College

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

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

State College has the higher population (40,669 vs 6,022 in Bellefonte). Bellefonte has the higher median household income ($57,157 vs $47,132 in State College). State College has the higher median home value ($414,400 vs $232,500 in Bellefonte).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefonte	State College
Population	6,022	40,669
Median age	45.0 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,157	$47,132
Median home value	$232,500	$414,400
Median gross rent	$900	$1,229
Housing units	3,015	13,148
Homeownership rate	48.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefonte	State College
Population	6,282 → 6,022 (-4.1%)	42,275 → 40,669 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $57,157 (+1.6%)	$34,005 → $47,132 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $232,500 (+21.3%)	$312,400 → $414,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $900 (+11.5%)	$1,054 → $1,229 (+16.6%)

Bellefonte

Population

6,2826,022

Median household income

$56,250$57,157

Median home value

$191,600$232,500

Median gross rent

$807$900

State College

Population

42,27540,669

Median household income

$34,005$47,132

Median home value

$312,400$414,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefonte	State College
Under 5	3.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	4.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	64.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	4.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	4.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	3.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.6%
75 and over	8.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefonte	State College
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	77.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefonte	State College
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	43.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefonte	State College
Drove alone	73.7%	44.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	2.8%
Public transit	1.8%	8.2%
Walked	5.6%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	11.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefonte	State College
1-unit, detached	49.3%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	21.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	35.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bellefonte	State College
Poverty rate	16.3%	39.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1951	1972