Boston vs Webster

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

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

Boston has the higher population (262 vs 149 in Webster). Webster has the higher median household income ($75,511 vs $67,734 in Boston). Webster has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $75,000 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Webster
Population	262	149
Median age	33.6 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$75,511
Median home value	$75,000	$94,800
Median gross rent	$942	—
Housing units	100	133
Homeownership rate	50.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Webster
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	157 → 149 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$66,667 → $75,511 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$87,300 → $94,800 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	—

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

Webster

Population

157149

Median household income

$66,667$75,511

Median home value

$87,300$94,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Webster
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	42.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	29.5%
75 and over	0.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Webster
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Webster
No high school diploma	15.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	8.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Webster
Drove alone	80.5%	41.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	58.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Webster
1-unit, detached	93.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Webster
Poverty rate	34.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1941	1961