Boswell vs Meyersdale

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

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

Meyersdale has the higher population (2,058 vs 1,413 in Boswell). Meyersdale has the higher median household income ($64,545 vs $48,500 in Boswell). Meyersdale has the higher median home value ($101,300 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Meyersdale
Population	1,413	2,058
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$64,545
Median home value	$86,300	$101,300
Median gross rent	$667	$713
Housing units	745	1,090
Homeownership rate	72.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Meyersdale
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	2,043 → 2,058 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$39,696 → $64,545 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$83,300 → $101,300 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	$528 → $713 (+35.0%)

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Meyersdale

Population

2,0432,058

Median household income

$39,696$64,545

Median home value

$83,300$101,300

Median gross rent

$528$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Meyersdale
Under 5	6.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	6.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.5%	16.5%
75 and over	6.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Meyersdale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Meyersdale
No high school diploma	8.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	58.1%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Meyersdale
Drove alone	82.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Meyersdale
1-unit, detached	63.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Meyersdale
Poverty rate	20.9%	11.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1960	1938