Beaver Meadows vs Bowmanstown

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Meadows and Bowmanstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowmanstown has the higher population (994 vs 804 in Beaver Meadows). Bowmanstown has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $56,563 in Beaver Meadows). Bowmanstown has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $116,300 in Beaver Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
Population	804	994
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$67,125
Median home value	$116,300	$181,600
Median gross rent	$1,090	$969
Housing units	388	433
Homeownership rate	67.7%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
Population	884 → 804 (-9.0%)	910 → 994 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$45,729 → $56,563 (+23.7%)	$50,750 → $67,125 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $116,300 (+45.9%)	$141,100 → $181,600 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,090 (+22.1%)	$736 → $969 (+31.7%)

Beaver Meadows

Population

884804

Median household income

$45,729$56,563

Median home value

$79,700$116,300

Median gross rent

$893$1,090

Bowmanstown

Population

910994

Median household income

$50,750$67,125

Median home value

$141,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$736$969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.5%	23.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.3%
75 and over	10.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.4%
High school graduate	54.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
Drove alone	82.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
1-unit, detached	46.4%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	44.1%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Meadows	Bowmanstown
Poverty rate	18.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1938	1952