Bulger vs Coal Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bulger and Coal Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bulger has the higher population (167 vs 155 in Coal Center). Bulger has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $76,500 in Coal Center). Since 2019, Coal Center's population has grown faster (+15.7% vs -50.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bulger	Coal Center
Population	167	155
Median age	62.7 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,050
Median home value	$180,000	$76,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,011
Housing units	116	109
Homeownership rate	100.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulger	Coal Center
Population	339 → 167 (-50.7%)	134 → 155 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $83,250 (+91.1%)	$43,125 → $39,050 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $180,000 (+30.9%)	$69,300 → $76,500 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $683 (-0.7%)	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)

Bulger

Population

339167

Median household income

$43,571$83,250

Median home value

$137,500$180,000

Median gross rent

$688$683

Coal Center

Population

134155

Median household income

$43,125$39,050

Median home value

$69,300$76,500

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulger	Coal Center
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	6.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	19.4%
25 to 34	1.8%	26.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	3.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	27.5%	11.6%
75 and over	20.4%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulger	Coal Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	17.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulger	Coal Center
No high school diploma	14.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	41.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulger	Coal Center
Drove alone	72.0%	62.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	26.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulger	Coal Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bulger	Coal Center
Poverty rate	31.7%	10.3%
Average household size	1.94	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1962	1938