Blossburg vs Wellsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Blossburg and Wellsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellsboro has the higher population (3,445 vs 1,763 in Blossburg). Blossburg has the higher median household income ($66,962 vs $64,297 in Wellsboro). Wellsboro has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $148,000 in Blossburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
Population	1,763	3,445
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,962	$64,297
Median home value	$148,000	$195,400
Median gross rent	$972	$901
Housing units	767	1,680
Homeownership rate	68.6%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
Population	2,114 → 1,763 (-16.6%)	3,256 → 3,445 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $66,962 (+16.0%)	$46,875 → $64,297 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $148,000 (+25.2%)	$157,500 → $195,400 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $972 (+50.5%)	$705 → $901 (+27.8%)

Blossburg

Population

2,1141,763

Median household income

$57,750$66,962

Median home value

$118,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$646$972

Wellsboro

Population

3,2563,445

Median household income

$46,875$64,297

Median home value

$157,500$195,400

Median gross rent

$705$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
Under 5	3.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	14.0%
75 and over	7.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
Drove alone	87.9%	59.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.4%	16.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	10.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
1-unit, detached	72.2%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Blossburg	Wellsboro
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1942