Bowmansville vs Salunga

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

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

Salunga has the higher population (3,066 vs 2,968 in Bowmansville). Bowmansville has the higher median household income ($105,079 vs $80,694 in Salunga). Bowmansville has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $287,200 in Salunga).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmansville	Salunga
Population	2,968	3,066
Median age	37.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,079	$80,694
Median home value	$318,200	$287,200
Median gross rent	$1,156	$958
Housing units	1,043	1,347
Homeownership rate	79.9%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmansville	Salunga
Population	1,958 → 2,968 (+51.6%)	3,139 → 3,066 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$72,563 → $105,079 (+44.8%)	$85,395 → $80,694 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$199,300 → $318,200 (+59.7%)	$221,000 → $287,200 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,156 (+41.1%)	$754 → $958 (+27.1%)

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

Salunga

Population

3,1393,066

Median household income

$85,395$80,694

Median home value

$221,000$287,200

Median gross rent

$754$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmansville	Salunga
Under 5	3.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	13.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmansville	Salunga
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmansville	Salunga
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmansville	Salunga
Drove alone	84.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmansville	Salunga
1-unit, detached	75.3%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Bowmansville	Salunga
Poverty rate	2.2%	0.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1988	1984