Bowmanstown vs Weissport

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

Bowmanstown and Weissport 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 492 in Weissport). Bowmanstown has the higher median household income ($67,125 vs $58,036 in Weissport). Bowmanstown has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $76,400 in Weissport).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
Population	994	492
Median age	37.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$58,036
Median home value	$181,600	$76,400
Median gross rent	$969	$929
Housing units	433	239
Homeownership rate	59.0%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
Population	910 → 994 (+9.2%)	442 → 492 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$50,750 → $67,125 (+32.3%)	$25,000 → $58,036 (+132.1%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $181,600 (+28.7%)	$65,800 → $76,400 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $969 (+31.7%)	$757 → $929 (+22.7%)

Bowmanstown

Population

910994

Median household income

$50,750$67,125

Median home value

$141,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$736$969

Weissport

Population

442492

Median household income

$25,000$58,036

Median home value

$65,800$76,400

Median gross rent

$757$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
Under 5	3.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	23.7%	22.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	20.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
No high school diploma	12.4%	18.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
Drove alone	84.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
1-unit, detached	60.0%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	39.3%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowmanstown	Weissport
Poverty rate	7.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1952	1938