Boyertown vs Hamburg

A side-by-side comparison of Boyertown and Hamburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamburg has the higher population (4,377 vs 4,264 in Boyertown). Hamburg has the higher median household income ($57,212 vs $54,179 in Boyertown). Boyertown has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $182,900 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	Hamburg
Population	4,264	4,377
Median age	39.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$57,212
Median home value	$196,600	$182,900
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,126
Housing units	2,117	2,237
Homeownership rate	46.1%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	Hamburg
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	4,356 → 4,377 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$56,893 → $57,212 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$150,100 → $182,900 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	$906 → $1,126 (+24.3%)

Boyertown

Population

4,0644,264

Median household income

$51,392$54,179

Median home value

$155,900$196,600

Median gross rent

$851$1,039

Hamburg

Population

4,3564,377

Median household income

$56,893$57,212

Median home value

$150,100$182,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	Hamburg
Under 5	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	10.4%
75 and over	7.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	Hamburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	Hamburg
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	Hamburg
Drove alone	82.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	Hamburg
1-unit, detached	21.6%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	33.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	13.3%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	Hamburg
Poverty rate	8.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1946	1964