Blue Bell vs Plymouth Meeting

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

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

Plymouth Meeting has the higher population (6,990 vs 6,450 in Blue Bell). Blue Bell has the higher median household income ($159,963 vs $109,706 in Plymouth Meeting). Blue Bell has the higher median home value ($581,500 vs $478,500 in Plymouth Meeting).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
Population	6,450	6,990
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$159,963	$109,706
Median home value	$581,500	$478,500
Median gross rent	$3,111	$1,853
Housing units	2,553	3,238
Homeownership rate	89.4%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.6%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
Population	6,250 → 6,450 (+3.2%)	6,947 → 6,990 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$132,204 → $159,963 (+21.0%)	$98,977 → $109,706 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$475,900 → $581,500 (+22.2%)	$364,700 → $478,500 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $3,111 (+82.1%)	$1,592 → $1,853 (+16.4%)

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

Plymouth Meeting

Population

6,9476,990

Median household income

$98,977$109,706

Median home value

$364,700$478,500

Median gross rent

$1,592$1,853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
Under 5	5.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.8%
75 and over	10.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.9%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.9%
High school graduate	7.3%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	38.8%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
Drove alone	57.0%	64.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.7%
Public transit	1.6%	4.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	23.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
1-unit, detached	62.8%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	30.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	6.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Bell	Plymouth Meeting
Poverty rate	2.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1983	1975