Blue Bell vs Maple Glen

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Bell and Maple Glen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maple Glen has the higher population (6,851 vs 6,450 in Blue Bell). Maple Glen has the higher median household income ($173,110 vs $159,963 in Blue Bell). Blue Bell has the higher median home value ($581,500 vs $543,800 in Maple Glen).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
Population	6,450	6,851
Median age	44.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$159,963	$173,110
Median home value	$581,500	$543,800
Median gross rent	$3,111	$2,333
Housing units	2,553	2,472
Homeownership rate	89.4%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.6%	72.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
Population	6,250 → 6,450 (+3.2%)	6,726 → 6,851 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$132,204 → $159,963 (+21.0%)	$132,450 → $173,110 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$475,900 → $581,500 (+22.2%)	$399,300 → $543,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $3,111 (+82.1%)	$1,921 → $2,333 (+21.4%)

Blue Bell

Population

6,2506,450

Median household income

$132,204$159,963

Median home value

$475,900$581,500

Median gross rent

$1,708$3,111

Maple Glen

Population

6,7266,851

Median household income

$132,450$173,110

Median home value

$399,300$543,800

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.4%
75 and over	10.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.9%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	7.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	42.8%
Graduate or professional degree	38.8%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
Drove alone	57.0%	66.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.2%
Public transit	1.6%	1.6%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	25.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
1-unit, detached	62.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	30.2%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Bell	Maple Glen
Poverty rate	2.6%	1.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1983	1982