About Boalsburg

Boalsburg is a very small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 3,654 people and just one neighborhood, Boalsburg is the 469th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Boalsburg is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.58% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Boalsburg is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boalsburg who work in management occupations (13.18%), teaching (11.94%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.93%).

Of important note, Boalsburg is also a town of artists. Boalsburg has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Boalsburg's character.

Also of interest is that Boalsburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Boalsburg is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Boalsburg is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Boalsburg really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Boalsburg perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Boalsburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.72 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Boalsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Boalsburg Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Boalsburg is a pretty powerful place. 50.68% of the adults in Boalsburg have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Boalsburg in 2000 was $29,209, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,836 for a family of four.

The people who call Boalsburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Boalsburg is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Boalsburg include German, Italian, English, Irish, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Boalsburg is English. Some people also speak Spanish.