Boyers vs Petrolia

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

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

Petrolia has the higher population (163 vs 155 in Boyers). Boyers has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $50,000 in Petrolia). Petrolia has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $88,100 in Boyers).

Population, income & housing

	Boyers	Petrolia
Population	155	163
Median age	50.3 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$50,000
Median home value	$88,100	$93,300
Median gross rent	$883	$956
Housing units	59	104
Homeownership rate	68.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyers	Petrolia
Population	—	152 → 163 (+7.2%)
Median household income	—	$43,036 → $50,000 (+16.2%)
Median home value	—	$61,000 → $93,300 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $956 (+27.5%)

Boyers

Petrolia

Population

152163

Median household income

$43,036$50,000

Median home value

$61,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$750$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyers	Petrolia
Under 5	10.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	7.1%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	2.5%
35 to 44	3.9%	21.5%
45 to 54	20.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	21.5%
75 and over	9.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyers	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.4%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyers	Petrolia
No high school diploma	18.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	41.4%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyers	Petrolia
Drove alone	77.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyers	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	42.4%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	35.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Boyers	Petrolia
Poverty rate	14.2%	4.3%
Average household size	3.23	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1942	1953