Boalsburg vs State College

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

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

State College has the higher population (40,669 vs 4,653 in Boalsburg). Boalsburg has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $47,132 in State College). State College has the higher median home value ($414,400 vs $400,000 in Boalsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Boalsburg	State College
Population	4,653	40,669
Median age	42.4 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,806	$47,132
Median home value	$400,000	$414,400
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,229
Housing units	2,177	13,148
Homeownership rate	78.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.3%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boalsburg	State College
Population	4,642 → 4,653 (+0.2%)	42,275 → 40,669 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$105,891 → $106,806 (+0.9%)	$34,005 → $47,132 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$324,900 → $400,000 (+23.1%)	$312,400 → $414,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,269 (+8.5%)	$1,054 → $1,229 (+16.6%)

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

State College

Population

42,27540,669

Median household income

$34,005$47,132

Median home value

$312,400$414,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boalsburg	State College
Under 5	6.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	4.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	64.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	4.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	4.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	3.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.6%
75 and over	9.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boalsburg	State College
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	77.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boalsburg	State College
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	16.2%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	43.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boalsburg	State College
Drove alone	76.5%	44.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	8.2%
Walked	1.2%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.3%
Worked from home	16.7%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boalsburg	State College
1-unit, detached	68.1%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	21.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	35.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boalsburg	State College
Poverty rate	6.5%	39.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1984	1972