Boswell vs Jennerstown

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

Boswell and Jennerstown 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 1,153 in Jennerstown). Jennerstown has the higher median household income ($61,410 vs $48,500 in Boswell). Jennerstown has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Jennerstown
Population	1,413	1,153
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$61,410
Median home value	$86,300	$192,400
Median gross rent	$667	$872
Housing units	745	371
Homeownership rate	72.5%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Jennerstown
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	769 → 1,153 (+49.9%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$50,893 → $61,410 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$144,900 → $192,400 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	$876 → $872 (-0.5%)

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Jennerstown

Population

7691,153

Median household income

$50,893$61,410

Median home value

$144,900$192,400

Median gross rent

$876$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Jennerstown
Under 5	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	26.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	17.4%
75 and over	6.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Jennerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Jennerstown
No high school diploma	8.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	58.1%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Jennerstown
Drove alone	82.4%	93.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Jennerstown
1-unit, detached	63.2%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Jennerstown
Poverty rate	20.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.31	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1960	1966