Bowmansville vs Strasburg

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

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

Strasburg has the higher population (3,104 vs 2,968 in Bowmansville). Bowmansville has the higher median household income ($105,079 vs $89,298 in Strasburg). Strasburg has the higher median home value ($328,100 vs $318,200 in Bowmansville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
Population	2,968	3,104
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,079	$89,298
Median home value	$318,200	$328,100
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,020
Housing units	1,043	1,251
Homeownership rate	79.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
Population	1,958 → 2,968 (+51.6%)	2,974 → 3,104 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$72,563 → $105,079 (+44.8%)	$66,375 → $89,298 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$199,300 → $318,200 (+59.7%)	$212,800 → $328,100 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,156 (+41.1%)	$1,027 → $1,020 (-0.7%)

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

Strasburg

Population

2,9743,104

Median household income

$66,375$89,298

Median home value

$212,800$328,100

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
Under 5	3.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	13.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	6.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	15.6%
75 and over	6.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
Drove alone	84.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	8.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
1-unit, detached	75.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bowmansville	Strasburg
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.85	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1988	1980