Berwick vs Bloomsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Berwick and Bloomsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomsburg has the higher population (12,906 vs 10,291 in Berwick). Bloomsburg has the higher median household income ($49,096 vs $45,338 in Berwick). Bloomsburg has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $135,000 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
Population	10,291	12,906
Median age	41.2 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,338	$49,096
Median home value	$135,000	$186,100
Median gross rent	$788	$937
Housing units	4,892	5,325
Homeownership rate	59.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
Population	10,073 → 10,291 (+2.2%)	14,085 → 12,906 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $45,338 (+12.7%)	$32,217 → $49,096 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $135,000 (+26.9%)	$136,000 → $186,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $788 (+18.3%)	$762 → $937 (+23.0%)

Berwick

Population

10,07310,291

Median household income

$40,227$45,338

Median home value

$106,400$135,000

Median gross rent

$666$788

Bloomsburg

Population

14,08512,906

Median household income

$32,217$49,096

Median home value

$136,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$762$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
Under 5	4.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	40.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	85.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
No high school diploma	13.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	49.6%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	16.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
Drove alone	83.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	4.2%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
1-unit, detached	60.0%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	14.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Bloomsburg
Poverty rate	21.7%	30.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1955	1963