Blue Ball vs East Earl

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ball and East Earl: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ball and East Earl are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Ball has the higher population (1,234 vs 1,110 in East Earl). East Earl has the higher median household income ($101,900 vs $97,173 in Blue Ball). East Earl has the higher median home value ($344,900 vs $252,700 in Blue Ball).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ball	East Earl
Population	1,234	1,110
Median age	30.5 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,173	$101,900
Median home value	$252,700	$344,900
Median gross rent	$1,375	—
Housing units	560	424
Homeownership rate	41.6%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ball	East Earl
Population	827 → 1,234 (+49.2%)	1,261 → 1,110 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$81,667 → $97,173 (+19.0%)	$81,167 → $101,900 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $252,700 (+17.8%)	$250,700 → $344,900 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,375 (+0.7%)	—

Blue Ball

Population

8271,234

Median household income

$81,667$97,173

Median home value

$214,500$252,700

Median gross rent

$1,366$1,375

East Earl

Population

1,2611,110

Median household income

$81,167$101,900

Median home value

$250,700$344,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ball	East Earl
Under 5	8.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	6.5%	11.3%
18 to 24	18.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	32.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	6.4%
55 to 64	5.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	29.1%
75 and over	3.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ball	East Earl
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ball	East Earl
No high school diploma	28.9%	30.2%
High school graduate	22.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ball	East Earl
Drove alone	76.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	21.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	1.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ball	East Earl
1-unit, detached	54.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	35.2%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ball	East Earl
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1972	2002