Fellsburg vs Norvelt

A side-by-side comparison of Fellsburg and Norvelt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norvelt has the higher population (891 vs 864 in Fellsburg). Fellsburg has the higher median household income ($99,063 vs $54,605 in Norvelt). Fellsburg has the higher median home value ($221,400 vs $197,900 in Norvelt).

Population, income & housing

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
Population	864	891
Median age	47.6 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,063	$54,605
Median home value	$221,400	$197,900
Housing units	388	444
Homeownership rate	97.7%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
Population	1,255 → 864 (-31.2%)	770 → 891 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$74,922 → $99,063 (+32.2%)	$55,682 → $54,605 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $221,400 (+7.1%)	$153,100 → $197,900 (+29.3%)

Fellsburg

Population

1,255864

Median household income

$74,922$99,063

Median home value

$206,700$221,400

Norvelt

Population

770891

Median household income

$55,682$54,605

Median home value

$153,100$197,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	19.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	10.2%
75 and over	7.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
Drove alone	74.8%	88.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fellsburg	Norvelt
Poverty rate	1.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1965	1962