Belfast vs West Easton

A side-by-side comparison of Belfast and West Easton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belfast has the higher population (1,239 vs 1,158 in West Easton). West Easton has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $73,036 in Belfast). Belfast has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $214,700 in West Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	West Easton
Population	1,239	1,158
Median age	44.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,036	$75,000
Median home value	$264,400	$214,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,307
Housing units	460	469
Homeownership rate	87.6%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	West Easton
Population	1,318 → 1,239 (-6.0%)	1,329 → 1,158 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$82,198 → $73,036 (-11.1%)	$57,045 → $75,000 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$211,300 → $264,400 (+25.1%)	$154,600 → $214,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,007 → $1,307 (+29.8%)

Belfast

Population

1,3181,239

Median household income

$82,198$73,036

Median home value

$211,300$264,400

West Easton

Population

1,3291,158

Median household income

$57,045$75,000

Median home value

$154,600$214,700

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfast	West Easton
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	21.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	5.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	24.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.9%
75 and over	11.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	West Easton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	25.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	West Easton
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	West Easton
Drove alone	83.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	16.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	West Easton
1-unit, detached	75.2%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	West Easton
Poverty rate	10.3%	8.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1960	1938