Boswell vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (5,984 vs 1,413 in Boswell). Boswell has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $41,782 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Somerset
Population	1,413	5,984
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$41,782
Median home value	$86,300	$144,400
Median gross rent	$667	$673
Housing units	745	3,201
Homeownership rate	72.5%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Somerset
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	5,942 → 5,984 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$37,675 → $41,782 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$112,700 → $144,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	$535 → $673 (+25.8%)

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Somerset

Population

5,9425,984

Median household income

$37,675$41,782

Median home value

$112,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$535$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Somerset
Under 5	6.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	16.5%	16.3%
75 and over	6.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Somerset
No high school diploma	8.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	58.1%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Somerset
Drove alone	82.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Somerset
1-unit, detached	63.2%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Somerset
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1960	1962