A typical Boswell home is worth about $161,000
Up 2.1% in a year, 45% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
Only 2 sales in February 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Boswell?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Boswell home, with $38K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $70 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Boswell’s typical property tax (1.16% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
74% of Boswell households own their home
Half of Boswell’s homes were built before 1955.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 9.4% in five years
Slower than Pennsylvania (22.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Boswell | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $97,000 | $173,000 |
| 2018 | $100,000 | $181,000 |
| 2019 | $112,000 | $188,000 |
| 2020 | $122,000 | $198,000 |
| 2021 | $135,000 | $219,000 |
| 2022 | $151,000 | $240,000 |
| 2023 | $162,000 | $257,000 |
| 2024 | $159,000 | $268,000 |
| 2025 | $157,000 | $280,000 |
| 2026 | $158,000 | $287,000 |
| August 2026 | $161,000 | $290,000 |
A typical Boswell home worth $94K in September 2016 is worth about $161K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070
Renters already here pay a median of $550, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Boswell in 2025. That's 0.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Boswell has permitted 12 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Boswell's population fell by 53 even though 7 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $11,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $337,000 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $316,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $127,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Boswell's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
On the market in Boswell
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Boswell buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, February 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.