Blue Bell vs Oreland

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

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

Blue Bell has the higher population (6,450 vs 6,036 in Oreland). Blue Bell has the higher median household income ($159,963 vs $110,100 in Oreland). Blue Bell has the higher median home value ($581,500 vs $401,000 in Oreland).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Bell	Oreland
Population	6,450	6,036
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$159,963	$110,100
Median home value	$581,500	$401,000
Median gross rent	$3,111	$1,182
Housing units	2,553	2,290
Homeownership rate	89.4%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.6%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Bell	Oreland
Population	6,250 → 6,450 (+3.2%)	5,625 → 6,036 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$132,204 → $159,963 (+21.0%)	$97,373 → $110,100 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$475,900 → $581,500 (+22.2%)	$324,500 → $401,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $3,111 (+82.1%)	$1,046 → $1,182 (+13.0%)

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

Oreland

Population

5,6256,036

Median household income

$97,373$110,100

Median home value

$324,500$401,000

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Bell	Oreland
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.0%
75 and over	10.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Bell	Oreland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Bell	Oreland
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	7.3%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	38.8%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Bell	Oreland
Drove alone	57.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	3.5%
Public transit	1.6%	6.7%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	18.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Bell	Oreland
1-unit, detached	62.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	30.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	9.9%
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	Oreland
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1983	1954