Boston vs Glenfield

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

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

Glenfield has the higher population (214 vs 142 in Boston). Glenfield has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $133,500 in Boston). Since 2019, Glenfield's population has grown faster (+2.9% vs -53.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Glenfield
Population	142	214
Median age	59.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$101,875
Median home value	$133,500	$165,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	94	103
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Glenfield
Population	304 → 142 (-53.3%)	208 → 214 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$75,643 → $61,719 (-18.4%)	$68,750 → $101,875 (+48.2%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $133,500 (+31.4%)	$168,800 → $165,600 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $1,100 (+29.4%)

Boston

Population

304142

Median household income

$75,643$61,719

Median home value

$101,600$133,500

Glenfield

Population

208214

Median household income

$68,750$101,875

Median home value

$168,800$165,600

Median gross rent

$850$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Glenfield
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	13.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.2%
55 to 64	45.8%	22.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.1%
75 and over	43.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Glenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Glenfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	59.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Glenfield
Drove alone	68.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.6%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Glenfield
1-unit, detached	83.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Glenfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.4%
Average household size	1.82	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1951	1945