Boyertown vs Laureldale

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

Boyertown and Laureldale 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 4,259 in Laureldale). Laureldale has the higher median household income ($64,792 vs $54,179 in Boyertown). Boyertown has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $169,100 in Laureldale).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	Laureldale
Population	4,264	4,259
Median age	39.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$64,792
Median home value	$196,600	$169,100
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,249
Housing units	2,117	1,595
Homeownership rate	46.1%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	Laureldale
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	3,900 → 4,259 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$54,483 → $64,792 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$122,800 → $169,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	$913 → $1,249 (+36.8%)

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

Laureldale

Population

3,9004,259

Median household income

$54,483$64,792

Median home value

$122,800$169,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,249

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	Laureldale
Under 5	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	17.2%	7.3%
75 and over	7.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	Laureldale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	51.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	41.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	Laureldale
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	39.9%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	Laureldale
Drove alone	82.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	Laureldale
1-unit, detached	21.6%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	32.9%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	13.3%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	Laureldale
Poverty rate	8.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1946	1954