Boswell vs Friedens

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

Boswell and Friedens 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 974 in Friedens). Friedens has the higher median household income ($51,750 vs $48,500 in Boswell). Friedens has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Friedens
Population	1,413	974
Median age	42.1 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$51,750
Median home value	$86,300	$109,100
Median gross rent	$667	$831
Housing units	745	510
Homeownership rate	72.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	15.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Friedens
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	1,445 → 974 (-32.6%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$61,023 → $51,750 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$121,400 → $109,100 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	$548 → $831 (+51.6%)

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Friedens

Population

1,445974

Median household income

$61,023$51,750

Median home value

$121,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$548$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Friedens
Under 5	6.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.5%	14.7%
75 and over	6.4%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Friedens
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Friedens
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	58.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Friedens
Drove alone	82.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Friedens
1-unit, detached	63.2%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Friedens
Poverty rate	20.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1960	1968