Baumstown vs Bowers

A side-by-side comparison of Baumstown and Bowers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowers has the higher population (236 vs 194 in Baumstown). Bowers has the higher median home value ($254,200 vs $162,500 in Baumstown). Since 2019, Bowers's population has grown faster (-0.8% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Baumstown	Bowers
Population	194	236
Median age	55.5 yrs	58.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,167	—
Median home value	$162,500	$254,200
Median gross rent	$1,482	—
Housing units	162	111
Homeownership rate	69.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baumstown	Bowers
Population	475 → 194 (-59.2%)	238 → 236 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$52,778 → $75,167 (+42.4%)	$89,306 → $86,250 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $162,500 (+42.9%)	$187,500 → $254,200 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,482 (+72.7%)	—

Baumstown

Population

475194

Median household income

$52,778$75,167

Median home value

$113,700$162,500

Median gross rent

$858$1,482

Bowers

Population

238236

Median household income

$89,306$86,250

Median home value

$187,500$254,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baumstown	Bowers
Under 5	4.1%	11.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	3.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	25.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	3.0%
55 to 64	38.1%	19.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	27.5%
75 and over	3.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baumstown	Bowers
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	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	5.7%	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+

	Baumstown	Bowers
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	74.3%	68.3%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baumstown	Bowers
Drove alone	86.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baumstown	Bowers
1-unit, detached	88.9%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	26.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baumstown	Bowers
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.76	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	40	31
Median year structure built	1946	1961