Boston vs Buena Vista

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

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

Buena Vista has the higher population (314 vs 142 in Boston). Boston has the higher median home value ($133,500 vs $47,400 in Buena Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Buena Vista
Population	142	314
Median age	59.4 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,500
Median home value	$133,500	$47,400
Housing units	94	128
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Buena Vista
Population	304 → 142 (-53.3%)	—
Median household income	$75,643 → $61,719 (-18.4%)	—
Median home value	$101,600 → $133,500 (+31.4%)	—

Boston

Population

304142

Median household income

$75,643$61,719

Median home value

$101,600$133,500

Buena Vista

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Buena Vista
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	45.8%	57.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.8%
75 and over	43.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Buena Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	43.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	57.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Buena Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	59.1%	85.0%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Buena Vista
Drove alone	68.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Buena Vista
1-unit, detached	83.0%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	31.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Buena Vista
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.3%
Average household size	1.82	2.45
Median year structure built	1951	1951