Bowmanstown vs Weissport East

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

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

Weissport East has the higher population (1,516 vs 994 in Bowmanstown). Weissport East has the higher median household income ($76,116 vs $67,125 in Bowmanstown). Weissport East has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $181,600 in Bowmanstown).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
Population	994	1,516
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$76,116
Median home value	$181,600	$183,600
Median gross rent	$969	$745
Housing units	433	730
Homeownership rate	59.0%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	25.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
Population	910 → 994 (+9.2%)	1,337 → 1,516 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$50,750 → $67,125 (+32.3%)	$72,534 → $76,116 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $181,600 (+28.7%)	$165,400 → $183,600 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $969 (+31.7%)	$857 → $745 (-13.1%)

Bowmanstown

Population

910994

Median household income

$50,750$67,125

Median home value

$141,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$736$969

Weissport East

Population

1,3371,516

Median household income

$72,534$76,116

Median home value

$165,400$183,600

Median gross rent

$857$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
Under 5	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	23.7%	19.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.1%
75 and over	7.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
Drove alone	84.1%	70.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
1-unit, detached	60.0%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowmanstown	Weissport East
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1952	1938