Boyertown vs Lorane

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

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

Lorane has the higher population (4,633 vs 4,264 in Boyertown). Lorane has the higher median household income ($86,064 vs $54,179 in Boyertown). Lorane has the higher median home value ($236,100 vs $196,600 in Boyertown).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	Lorane
Population	4,264	4,633
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$86,064
Median home value	$196,600	$236,100
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,776
Housing units	2,117	1,874
Homeownership rate	46.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	Lorane
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	4,085 → 4,633 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$68,856 → $86,064 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$178,300 → $236,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	$1,504 → $1,776 (+18.1%)

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

Lorane

Population

4,0854,633

Median household income

$68,856$86,064

Median home value

$178,300$236,100

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	Lorane
Under 5	6.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	8.0%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	Lorane
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	Lorane
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	Lorane
Drove alone	82.4%	74.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	Lorane
1-unit, detached	21.6%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	9.2%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	Lorane
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1946	1988