Berlin vs Boswell

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Boswell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berlin has the higher population (2,407 vs 1,413 in Boswell). Berlin has the higher median household income ($53,973 vs $48,500 in Boswell). Berlin has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Boswell
Population	2,407	1,413
Median age	51.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,973	$48,500
Median home value	$122,800	$86,300
Median gross rent	$760	$667
Housing units	1,030	745
Homeownership rate	68.6%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Boswell
Population	2,004 → 2,407 (+20.1%)	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$46,818 → $53,973 (+15.3%)	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $122,800 (+13.1%)	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $760 (+47.0%)	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)

Berlin

Population

2,0042,407

Median household income

$46,818$53,973

Median home value

$108,600$122,800

Median gross rent

$517$760

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Boswell
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	16.5%
75 and over	23.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Boswell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Boswell
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	52.4%	58.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Boswell
Drove alone	89.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Boswell
1-unit, detached	63.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Boswell
Poverty rate	11.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1957	1960