Boston vs East Germantown

A side-by-side comparison of Boston and East Germantown: population, income, housing, and more.

Boston and East Germantown are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Germantown has the higher population (265 vs 262 in Boston). Boston has the higher median household income ($67,734 vs $45,357 in East Germantown). East Germantown has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $75,000 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	East Germantown
Population	262	265
Median age	33.6 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$45,357
Median home value	$75,000	$85,700
Median gross rent	$942	$967
Housing units	100	175
Homeownership rate	50.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	East Germantown
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	327 → 265 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$34,500 → $45,357 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$77,900 → $85,700 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	$754 → $967 (+28.2%)

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

East Germantown

Population

327265

Median household income

$34,500$45,357

Median home value

$77,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$754$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	East Germantown
Under 5	8.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	6.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	21.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	16.6%
75 and over	0.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	East Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	East Germantown
No high school diploma	15.6%	15.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	East Germantown
Drove alone	80.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	18.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	East Germantown
1-unit, detached	93.0%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Boston	East Germantown
Poverty rate	34.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.88	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1941	1938