Boyertown vs West Reading

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

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

West Reading has the higher population (4,537 vs 4,264 in Boyertown). West Reading has the higher median household income ($61,974 vs $54,179 in Boyertown). Boyertown has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $159,700 in West Reading).

Population, income & housing

	Boyertown	West Reading
Population	4,264	4,537
Median age	39.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,179	$61,974
Median home value	$196,600	$159,700
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,159
Housing units	2,117	1,743
Homeownership rate	46.1%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyertown	West Reading
Population	4,064 → 4,264 (+4.9%)	4,268 → 4,537 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$51,392 → $54,179 (+5.4%)	$47,071 → $61,974 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $196,600 (+26.1%)	$117,400 → $159,700 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,039 (+22.1%)	$812 → $1,159 (+42.7%)

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

West Reading

Population

4,2684,537

Median household income

$47,071$61,974

Median home value

$117,400$159,700

Median gross rent

$812$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyertown	West Reading
Under 5	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	13.7%
25 to 34	18.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	17.2%	6.5%
75 and over	7.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyertown	West Reading
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	50.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyertown	West Reading
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.3%
High school graduate	39.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyertown	West Reading
Drove alone	82.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	10.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyertown	West Reading
1-unit, detached	21.6%	6.5%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	65.0%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	7.6%
20 or more units	13.3%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyertown	West Reading
Poverty rate	8.0%	17.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1946	1938