Boyers vs Karns City

A side-by-side comparison of Boyers and Karns City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karns City has the higher population (192 vs 155 in Boyers). Boyers has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $49,250 in Karns City). Karns City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $88,100 in Boyers).

Population, income & housing

	Boyers	Karns City
Population	155	192
Median age	50.3 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$49,250
Median home value	$88,100	$138,500
Median gross rent	$883	$917
Housing units	59	97
Homeownership rate	68.8%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyers	Karns City
Population	—	186 → 192 (+3.2%)
Median household income	—	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)
Median home value	—	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)

Boyers

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyers	Karns City
Under 5	10.3%	12.5%
5 to 17	7.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	3.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	20.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	5.2%
75 and over	9.7%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyers	Karns City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyers	Karns City
No high school diploma	18.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	41.4%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyers	Karns City
Drove alone	77.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	14.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyers	Karns City
1-unit, detached	42.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	35.6%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Boyers	Karns City
Poverty rate	14.2%	20.3%
Average household size	3.23	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1942	1946