Boaz vs Grant

A side-by-side comparison of Boaz and Grant: population, income, housing, and more.

Boaz and Grant are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boaz has the higher population (10,847 vs 1,410 in Grant). Grant has the higher median household income ($88,571 vs $49,962 in Boaz). Grant has the higher median home value ($222,200 vs $158,200 in Boaz).

Population, income & housing

	Boaz	Grant
Population	10,847	1,410
Median age	34.1 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,962	$88,571
Median home value	$158,200	$222,200
Median gross rent	$645	$527
Housing units	4,260	501
Homeownership rate	66.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boaz	Grant
Population	9,277 → 10,847 (+16.9%)	1,040 → 1,410 (+35.6%)
Median household income	$40,551 → $49,962 (+23.2%)	$54,821 → $88,571 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $158,200 (+50.5%)	$162,300 → $222,200 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $645 (+4.4%)	$609 → $527 (-13.5%)

Boaz

Population

9,27710,847

Median household income

$40,551$49,962

Median home value

$105,100$158,200

Median gross rent

$618$645

Grant

Population

1,0401,410

Median household income

$54,821$88,571

Median home value

$162,300$222,200

Median gross rent

$609$527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boaz	Grant
Under 5	10.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	22.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.3%
75 and over	5.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boaz	Grant
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boaz	Grant
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boaz	Grant
Drove alone	85.3%	92.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boaz	Grant
1-unit, detached	74.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	10.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boaz	Grant
Poverty rate	20.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.79	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1978	1996