Bulger vs West Middletown

A side-by-side comparison of Bulger and West Middletown: population, income, housing, and more.

Bulger and West Middletown 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 64 in West Middletown). Bulger has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $108,800 in West Middletown). Since 2019, West Middletown's population has grown faster (-31.9% vs -50.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bulger	West Middletown
Population	167	64
Median age	62.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,375
Median home value	$180,000	$108,800
Housing units	116	53
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulger	West Middletown
Population	339 → 167 (-50.7%)	94 → 64 (-31.9%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $83,250 (+91.1%)	$58,750 → $74,375 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $180,000 (+30.9%)	$131,300 → $108,800 (-17.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $683 (-0.7%)	—

Bulger

Population

339167

Median household income

$43,571$83,250

Median home value

$137,500$180,000

Median gross rent

$688$683

West Middletown

Population

9464

Median household income

$58,750$74,375

Median home value

$131,300$108,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulger	West Middletown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	29.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	1.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.6%	3.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	27.5%	10.9%
75 and over	20.4%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulger	West Middletown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulger	West Middletown
No high school diploma	14.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulger	West Middletown
Drove alone	72.0%	92.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulger	West Middletown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bulger	West Middletown
Poverty rate	31.7%	12.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1962	1938