About Bellwood

Bellwood is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,016 people and just one neighborhood, Bellwood is the 690th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Bellwood was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Unlike some boroughs , Bellwood isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bellwood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bellwood is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bellwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.98%), sales jobs (12.87%), and food service (8.18%).

Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.44 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small borough, Bellwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Bellwood Information and Demographics

The citizens of Bellwood are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.27% of adults in Bellwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bellwood in 2000 was $14,323, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $57,292 for a family of four.

The people who call Bellwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bellwood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bellwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Bellwood is English.