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Boyertown is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 694th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 66% of the state's. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $342K for a typical one and 4.3 times the Reading metro’s $80K median household income. 41% of households own their home in Boyertown, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (78%) and U.S. towns (73%). Boyertown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
Where Boyertown beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Boyertown is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 690 in 1870, 4,264 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1862 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Boyertown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw32 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw37 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw35 mi MuseumEastern State PenitentiaryUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Boyertown, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Boyertown.
Boyertown is healthier than towns with similar incomes, trades workers with Douglass Township and other neighbors and is mostly renters.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Boyertown since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Boyertown has chilly winters and warm summers. Boyertown’s July high is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Boyertown home is worth about $342,000, up 3.9% in a year, 19% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Boyertown has about as many jobs (1,748) as working residents, but only 151 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Boyertown for work: only 7% work in town. The median household income in Boyertown is $57,000. Jobs based in Boyertown grew to 1,748 in 2023, 247 more than in 2013.
| Boyertown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 11% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,934 U.S. towns with household incomes like Boyertown’s, it is healthier than 88%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
Boyertown beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 40% of Boyertown adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Boyertown | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Boyertown | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.4% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Boyertown’s conserved land covers 0.5% of the town.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Memorial Playground | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Boyertown
About 4 of every 100 Boyertown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
5 notable people were born in Boyertown.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Boyertown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Boyerschteddel) is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,264 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Boyertown.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyertown | #694 | B− | C | — | B+ | B |
| Colebrookdale Township | #621 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| New Berlinville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Boyertown and Colebrookdale Township report no FBI crime data of their own. New Berlinville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Boyertown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Boyertown grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #694 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
5 notable people were born here, including Carl Andrew Spaatz and Steve Burns.
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