Boalsburg vs Pleasant Gap

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

Boalsburg and Pleasant Gap 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 3,154 in Pleasant Gap). Boalsburg has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $75,625 in Pleasant Gap). Boalsburg has the higher median home value ($400,000 vs $237,200 in Pleasant Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
Population	4,653	3,154
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$106,806	$75,625
Median home value	$400,000	$237,200
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,326
Housing units	2,177	1,279
Homeownership rate	78.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
Population	4,642 → 4,653 (+0.2%)	3,310 → 3,154 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$105,891 → $106,806 (+0.9%)	$64,047 → $75,625 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$324,900 → $400,000 (+23.1%)	$170,600 → $237,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,269 (+8.5%)	$886 → $1,326 (+49.7%)

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

Pleasant Gap

Population

3,3103,154

Median household income

$64,047$75,625

Median home value

$170,600$237,200

Median gross rent

$886$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
Under 5	6.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.2%
75 and over	9.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	94.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	16.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
Drove alone	76.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
1-unit, detached	68.1%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Boalsburg	Pleasant Gap
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1984	1974