Bessemer vs New Bedford

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

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

New Bedford has the higher population (936 vs 933 in Bessemer). New Bedford has the higher median household income ($76,136 vs $63,214 in Bessemer). New Bedford has the higher median home value ($167,100 vs $111,700 in Bessemer).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	New Bedford
Population	933	936
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$76,136
Median home value	$111,700	$167,100
Median gross rent	$909	—
Housing units	421	365
Homeownership rate	80.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	New Bedford
Population	1,088 → 933 (-14.2%)	1,032 → 936 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$63,850 → $63,214 (-1.0%)	$53,494 → $76,136 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $111,700 (+16.6%)	$141,500 → $167,100 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $909 (+33.9%)	—

Bessemer

Population

1,088933

Median household income

$63,850$63,214

Median home value

$95,800$111,700

Median gross rent

$679$909

New Bedford

Population

1,032936

Median household income

$53,494$76,136

Median home value

$141,500$167,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	New Bedford
Under 5	4.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	19.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.1%
75 and over	8.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	New Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	99.9%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	New Bedford
No high school diploma	5.7%	1.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	New Bedford
Drove alone	82.1%	66.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	20.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	New Bedford
1-unit, detached	79.6%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	New Bedford
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1954	1966