Boyertown vs Kutztown

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

Boyertown and Kutztown 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 4,188 in Kutztown). Boyertown has the higher median household income ($54,179 vs $52,722 in Kutztown). Kutztown has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $196,600 in Boyertown).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	Kutztown
Population	4,264	4,188
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$52,722
Median home value	$196,600	$227,500
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,139
Housing units	2,117	2,138
Homeownership rate	46.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	Kutztown
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	5,040 → 4,188 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$53,125 → $52,722 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$166,700 → $227,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	$931 → $1,139 (+22.3%)

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

Kutztown

Population

5,0404,188

Median household income

$53,125$52,722

Median home value

$166,700$227,500

Median gross rent

$931$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	Kutztown
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	19.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	13.1%
75 and over	7.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	Kutztown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	Kutztown
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	Kutztown
Drove alone	82.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	Kutztown
1-unit, detached	21.6%	34.3%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	23.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	21.7%
20 or more units	13.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	Kutztown
Poverty rate	8.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1946	1959