Boswell vs Central City

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

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

Boswell has the higher population (1,413 vs 1,055 in Central City). Boswell has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $46,563 in Central City). Boswell has the higher median home value ($86,300 vs $72,700 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Central City
Population	1,413	1,055
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$46,563
Median home value	$86,300	$72,700
Median gross rent	$667	$588
Housing units	745	540
Homeownership rate	72.5%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Central City
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	1,011 → 1,055 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$41,953 → $46,563 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$65,200 → $72,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	$680 → $588 (-13.5%)

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Central City

Population

1,0111,055

Median household income

$41,953$46,563

Median home value

$65,200$72,700

Median gross rent

$680$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Central City
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.3%
75 and over	6.4%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Central City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Central City
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	58.1%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Central City
Drove alone	82.4%	88.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Central City
1-unit, detached	63.2%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Central City
Poverty rate	20.9%	15.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1960	1945