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Bellefonte borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Bellefonte borough is a Census borough of 6,009 people across 1.84 square miles of land, in Centre County. Median household income is $62,540, 50.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.3 m.
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Bellefonte
What Bellefonte is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.84 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,258
- County holding the largest share of its areaCentre County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellefonte
How many people live in Bellefonte
- Population6,009
- Median age42.5
- Population under 18937 plus or minus 242
- Share under 1815.6 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over957 plus or minus 191
- Share 65 and over15.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households2,992
- Family households1,410
- Share of households that are families47.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellefonte
Income and work in Bellefonte
- Median household income$62,540 plus or minus $15,295
- Per capita income$38,396
- Civilian labor force3,406
- Employed3,382
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Adults 25 and over4,716
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellefonte
Housing in Bellefonte
- Housing units3,181
- Occupied units2,992
- Vacant units189 plus or minus 131
- Vacancy rate5.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied1,523
- Renter occupied1,469
- Ownership rate50.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$240,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$975
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units1,754
- Share single family55.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,401 plus or minus 317
- Share in buildings of two or more44.0 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Mobile homes26 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellefonte
How Bellefonte gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,812
- Commuting under 15 minutes809 plus or minus 253
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.8 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more357 plus or minus 147
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more12.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Drove alone67.9 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked5.9 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Worked from home15.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellefonte
SBA loans in Bellefonte (7(a))
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$4,273,800
- Average approval$284,920
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$669,900
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported131
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bellefonte
SBA loans in Bellefonte (504)
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$10,600,000
- Average approval$1,177,778
- Median approval$808,000
- Largest approval$4,600,000
- Jobs supported122
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bellefonte
Flood risk in Bellefonte
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420257
- Currently effective map date01/16/15
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Centre County, not Bellefonte
Centre County context, not Bellefonte figures
These are Centre County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bellefonte measurements.
- Establishments in Centre County3,344
- Employment at those establishments, Centre County44,569
- Covered employment, Centre County68,578
- Average annual pay, Centre County$62,822
- Average weekly wage, Centre County$1,208
- Housing units permitted, Centre County367
- Of those, single family, Centre County290
- County product, 2024, Centre County$11,249,015,000
- County product change over the prior year, Centre County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Centre County$70,582
Every figure in this section is published for Centre County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bellefonte. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bellefonte questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania?
6,009, in 2,992 households. Bellefonte borough covers 1.84 square miles of land, which is 3,258 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bellefonte in?
Centre County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bellefonte?
$62,540. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $240,300. Median gross rent is $975 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bellefonte businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $4.3 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 9 504 approvals worth $10.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bellefonte, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bellefonte borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bellefonte. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Bellefonte in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bellefonte appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420257, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Bellefonte figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Centre County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bellefonte.
Is zoning published for Bellefonte?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.