Belleville vs Lewistown

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and Lewistown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewistown has the higher population (8,505 vs 1,860 in Belleville). Belleville has the higher median household income ($64,179 vs $40,179 in Lewistown). Belleville has the higher median home value ($154,300 vs $98,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Lewistown
Population	1,860	8,505
Median age	58.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,179	$40,179
Median home value	$154,300	$98,600
Median gross rent	$693	$765
Housing units	783	4,470
Homeownership rate	64.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Lewistown
Population	1,760 → 1,860 (+5.7%)	8,194 → 8,505 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$39,792 → $64,179 (+61.3%)	$35,573 → $40,179 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $154,300 (+31.7%)	$74,600 → $98,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $693 (+26.2%)	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)

Belleville

Population

1,7601,860

Median household income

$39,792$64,179

Median home value

$117,200$154,300

Median gross rent

$549$693

Lewistown

Population

8,1948,505

Median household income

$35,573$40,179

Median home value

$74,600$98,600

Median gross rent

$649$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Lewistown
Under 5	2.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	20.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	9.7%
75 and over	22.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Lewistown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Lewistown
No high school diploma	5.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	41.1%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Lewistown
Drove alone	83.5%	71.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Lewistown
1-unit, detached	62.2%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	9.6%
20 or more units	14.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Lewistown
Poverty rate	7.5%	32.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1958	1938