Blue Ball vs Intercourse

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

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

Intercourse has the higher population (1,506 vs 1,234 in Blue Ball). Blue Ball has the higher median household income ($97,173 vs $81,250 in Intercourse). Intercourse has the higher median home value ($435,400 vs $252,700 in Blue Ball).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
Population	1,234	1,506
Median age	30.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,173	$81,250
Median home value	$252,700	$435,400
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,104
Housing units	560	537
Homeownership rate	41.6%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
Population	827 → 1,234 (+49.2%)	1,640 → 1,506 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$81,667 → $97,173 (+19.0%)	$56,173 → $81,250 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $252,700 (+17.8%)	$302,200 → $435,400 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,366 → $1,375 (+0.7%)	$956 → $1,104 (+15.5%)

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

Intercourse

Population

1,6401,506

Median household income

$56,173$81,250

Median home value

$302,200$435,400

Median gross rent

$956$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
Under 5	8.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	6.5%	23.4%
18 to 24	18.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	32.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	5.0%
55 to 64	5.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	16.5%
75 and over	3.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	98.7%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
No high school diploma	28.9%	39.3%
High school graduate	22.2%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
Drove alone	76.4%	37.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	35.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	21.9%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
1-unit, detached	54.8%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	35.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ball	Intercourse
Poverty rate	2.4%	0.9%
Average household size	2.50	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1972	1986