Bobtown vs Mather

A side-by-side comparison of Bobtown and Mather: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bobtown has the higher population (1,117 vs 567 in Mather). Bobtown has the higher median household income ($49,125 vs $47,500 in Mather). Mather has the higher median home value ($88,000 vs $55,700 in Bobtown).

Population, income & housing

	Bobtown	Mather
Population	1,117	567
Median age	29.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$47,500
Median home value	$55,700	$88,000
Median gross rent	$1,103	$1,027
Housing units	392	319
Homeownership rate	83.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bobtown	Mather
Population	481 → 1,117 (+132.2%)	477 → 567 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$48,036 → $49,125 (+2.3%)	$50,833 → $47,500 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$54,800 → $55,700 (+1.6%)	$75,400 → $88,000 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,103 (+38.7%)	—

Bobtown

Population

4811,117

Median household income

$48,036$49,125

Median home value

$54,800$55,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,103

Mather

Population

477567

Median household income

$50,833$47,500

Median home value

$75,400$88,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bobtown	Mather
Under 5	8.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	26.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	19.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	21.3%
55 to 64	6.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	6.0%
75 and over	4.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bobtown	Mather
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bobtown	Mather
No high school diploma	10.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	54.3%	68.2%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bobtown	Mather
Drove alone	81.8%	94.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bobtown	Mather
1-unit, detached	87.5%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Bobtown	Mather
Poverty rate	23.1%	7.1%
Average household size	3.19	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938