Boswell vs Windber

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

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

Windber has the higher population (3,901 vs 1,413 in Boswell). Windber has the higher median household income ($52,560 vs $48,500 in Boswell). Windber has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $86,300 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Windber
Population	1,413	3,901
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,500	$52,560
Median home value	$86,300	$99,000
Median gross rent	$667	$753
Housing units	745	2,188
Homeownership rate	72.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Windber
Population	1,385 → 1,413 (+2.0%)	3,891 → 3,901 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$38,684 → $48,500 (+25.4%)	$35,192 → $52,560 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $86,300 (+10.5%)	$79,500 → $99,000 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $667 (+63.1%)	$585 → $753 (+28.7%)

Boswell

Population

1,3851,413

Median household income

$38,684$48,500

Median home value

$78,100$86,300

Median gross rent

$409$667

Windber

Population

3,8913,901

Median household income

$35,192$52,560

Median home value

$79,500$99,000

Median gross rent

$585$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Windber
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	8.2%
75 and over	6.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Windber
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Windber
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	58.1%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Windber
Drove alone	82.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Windber
1-unit, detached	63.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Windber
Poverty rate	20.9%	12.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1960	1949