Boyertown vs Jacksonwald

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

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

Boyertown has the higher population (4,264 vs 4,201 in Jacksonwald). Jacksonwald has the higher median household income ($125,143 vs $54,179 in Boyertown). Jacksonwald has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $196,600 in Boyertown).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
Population	4,264	4,201
Median age	39.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$125,143
Median home value	$196,600	$306,900
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,671
Housing units	2,117	1,446
Homeownership rate	46.1%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	2,900 → 4,201 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$86,029 → $125,143 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$197,600 → $306,900 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	—

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

Jacksonwald

Population

2,9004,201

Median household income

$86,029$125,143

Median home value

$197,600$306,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
Under 5	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	20.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	11.0%
75 and over	7.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
Drove alone	82.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
1-unit, detached	21.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	Jacksonwald
Poverty rate	8.0%	0.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1946	1984