Bowmansville vs Rothsville

A side-by-side comparison of Bowmansville and Rothsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowmansville has the higher population (2,968 vs 2,889 in Rothsville). Bowmansville has the higher median household income ($105,079 vs $103,958 in Rothsville). Bowmansville has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $289,200 in Rothsville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
Population	2,968	2,889
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,079	$103,958
Median home value	$318,200	$289,200
Median gross rent	$1,156	$977
Housing units	1,043	949
Homeownership rate	79.9%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
Population	1,958 → 2,968 (+51.6%)	2,586 → 2,889 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$72,563 → $105,079 (+44.8%)	$76,302 → $103,958 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$199,300 → $318,200 (+59.7%)	$228,900 → $289,200 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,156 (+41.1%)	$934 → $977 (+4.6%)

Bowmansville

Population

1,9582,968

Median household income

$72,563$105,079

Median home value

$199,300$318,200

Median gross rent

$819$1,156

Rothsville

Population

2,5862,889

Median household income

$76,302$103,958

Median home value

$228,900$289,200

Median gross rent

$934$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
Under 5	3.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	24.9%
18 to 24	13.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	20.7%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	5.4%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
No high school diploma	10.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
Drove alone	84.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
1-unit, detached	75.3%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Bowmansville	Rothsville
Poverty rate	2.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.85	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1988	1987