Buck Run vs New Boston

A side-by-side comparison of Buck Run and New Boston: population, income, housing, and more.

Buck Run and New Boston are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buck Run has the higher population (174 vs 160 in New Boston). New Boston has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $59,196 in Buck Run). Buck Run has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $83,000 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Buck Run	New Boston
Population	174	160
Median age	58.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,196	$64,375
Median home value	$95,000	$83,000
Housing units	85	120
Homeownership rate	83.1%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	20.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buck Run	New Boston
Population	253 → 174 (-31.2%)	120 → 160 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $59,196 (+28.9%)	$53,333 → $64,375 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $95,000 (+39.7%)	$47,200 → $83,000 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $913 (-2.5%)	$673 → $678 (+0.7%)

Buck Run

Population

253174

Median household income

$45,938$59,196

Median home value

$68,000$95,000

Median gross rent

$936$913

New Boston

Population

120160

Median household income

$53,333$64,375

Median home value

$47,200$83,000

Median gross rent

$673$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buck Run	New Boston
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	6.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	20.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	23.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	18.4%	14.4%
75 and over	11.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buck Run	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	77.5%
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	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buck Run	New Boston
No high school diploma	5.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	62.2%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	6.7%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buck Run	New Boston
Drove alone	76.8%	62.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	32.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buck Run	New Boston
1-unit, detached	57.6%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	24.7%	45.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Buck Run	New Boston
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1945	1938