Boswell vs Davidsville

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

Boswell and Davidsville 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 970 in Davidsville). Davidsville has the higher median household income ($56,795 vs $48,500 in Boswell). Davidsville has the higher median home value ($205,100 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Davidsville
Population	1,413	970
Median age	42.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$56,795
Median home value	$86,300	$205,100
Median gross rent	$667	—
Housing units	745	516
Homeownership rate	72.5%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Davidsville
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	805 → 970 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$75,917 → $56,795 (-25.2%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$150,300 → $205,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	—

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Davidsville

Population

805970

Median household income

$75,917$56,795

Median home value

$150,300$205,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Davidsville
Under 5	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	6.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	3.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	4.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	24.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	17.2%
75 and over	6.4%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Davidsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Davidsville
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	58.1%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Davidsville
Drove alone	82.4%	93.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Davidsville
1-unit, detached	63.2%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Davidsville
Poverty rate	20.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.31	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1960	1965