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Boswell borough, Somerset County, PA

1,413 Population
0.7 square miles 1,911.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 47 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,441 ±$4,022 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $31,736 ±$990
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$48,500 ±$12,035 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $59,378 ±$1,484
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

21% ±14.1% (296  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Somerset County: 11.2% † 7,702 (±1.1% / ±788)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.1 minutes ±4.2 (12,375  ±3,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 25.2 737,025 (±1 / ±33,242)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

612 ±93 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 29,071 ±416
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.5 (1,413  ±212) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 2.4 68,975 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2% ±2.3% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Somerset County: 5.9% † 775 (±1.3% / ±169)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

745 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 37,800 ±57
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$86,300 ±$7,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Somerset County: $130,600 ±$6,607
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.4% ±3.7% (104  ±54.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 7.3% † 5,270 (±0.7% / ±529.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.2% ±18.5% (891  ±126.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 90.1% 49,469 (±2% / ±1,085.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
8.6% ±3.6% (84  ±37.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 17.3% 9,495 (±0.9% / ±516.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±4.2% (42  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Somerset County: 1% 720
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.5% ±2.8% (71  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 8% 4,766 (±0.6% / ±359)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
71 Total veterans ±32 64 Male ±31 7 Female ±7

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