Bessemer vs Ellport

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer and Ellport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellport has the higher population (1,125 vs 933 in Bessemer). Ellport has the higher median household income ($77,639 vs $63,214 in Bessemer). Ellport has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $111,700 in Bessemer).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	Ellport
Population	933	1,125
Median age	37.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$77,639
Median home value	$111,700	$154,800
Median gross rent	$909	$819
Housing units	421	456
Homeownership rate	80.1%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	Ellport
Population	1,088 → 933 (-14.2%)	988 → 1,125 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$63,850 → $63,214 (-1.0%)	$45,417 → $77,639 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $111,700 (+16.6%)	$98,900 → $154,800 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $909 (+33.9%)	$667 → $819 (+22.8%)

Bessemer

Population

1,088933

Median household income

$63,850$63,214

Median home value

$95,800$111,700

Median gross rent

$679$909

Ellport

Population

9881,125

Median household income

$45,417$77,639

Median home value

$98,900$154,800

Median gross rent

$667$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	Ellport
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.3%
75 and over	8.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	Ellport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	Ellport
No high school diploma	5.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	53.4%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	Ellport
Drove alone	82.1%	87.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.6%
Public transit	0.7%	2.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	Ellport
1-unit, detached	79.6%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	Ellport
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1954	1953