Boswell is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,212 people and just one neighborhood, Boswell is the 790th largest community in Pennsylvania.
Unlike some boroughs, Boswell isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Boswell are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Boswell is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boswell who work in office and administrative support (16.55%), sales jobs (11.80%), and healthcare (7.04%).
Also of interest is that Boswell has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Boswell’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Boswell is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Boswell have a very low rate of college education: just 8.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Boswell in 2022 was $27,086, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,344 for a family of four. However, Boswell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Boswell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boswell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Boswell include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Boswell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian and Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry and 1.5% have Swiss ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Boswell are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 30.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.4%), and 20.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (8.0%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Boswell, PA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (30.4%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (14.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.