Boalsburg vs Philipsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Boalsburg and Philipsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boalsburg has the higher population (4,653 vs 2,754 in Philipsburg). Boalsburg has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $44,282 in Philipsburg). Boalsburg has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $151,700 in Philipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
Population	4,653	2,754
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,806	$44,282
Median home value	$400,000	$151,700
Median gross rent	$1,269	$676
Housing units	2,177	1,588
Homeownership rate	78.2%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
Population	4,642 → 4,653 (+0.2%)	2,719 → 2,754 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$105,891 → $106,806 (+0.9%)	$36,149 → $44,282 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$324,900 → $400,000 (+23.1%)	$102,500 → $151,700 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,269 (+8.5%)	$615 → $676 (+9.9%)

Boalsburg

Population

4,6424,653

Median household income

$105,891$106,806

Median home value

$324,900$400,000

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,269

Philipsburg

Population

2,7192,754

Median household income

$36,149$44,282

Median home value

$102,500$151,700

Median gross rent

$615$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
Under 5	6.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.6%
75 and over	9.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	16.2%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
Drove alone	76.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
1-unit, detached	68.1%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Boalsburg	Philipsburg
Poverty rate	6.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.36	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1984	1949