Bessemer vs Wurtemburg

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

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

Bessemer has the higher population (933 vs 773 in Wurtemburg). Wurtemburg has the higher median household income ($69,688 vs $63,214 in Bessemer). Wurtemburg has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $111,700 in Bessemer).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
Population	933	773
Median age	37.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$69,688
Median home value	$111,700	$190,800
Median gross rent	$909	$913
Housing units	421	358
Homeownership rate	80.1%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
Population	1,088 → 933 (-14.2%)	—
Median household income	$63,850 → $63,214 (-1.0%)	—
Median home value	$95,800 → $111,700 (+16.6%)	—
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

Wurtemburg

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
Under 5	4.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.0%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.4%
75 and over	8.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
No high school diploma	5.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	53.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
Drove alone	82.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
1-unit, detached	79.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	Wurtemburg
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1954	1955