Boykin vs Camden

A side-by-side comparison of Boykin and Camden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Camden has the higher population (2,056 vs 280 in Boykin). Camden has the higher median household income ($38,864 vs $36,908 in Boykin). Since 2019, Boykin's population has grown faster (+4.1% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Boykin	Camden
Population	280	2,056
Median age	19.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,908	$38,864
Median home value	—	$110,100
Median gross rent	—	$567
Housing units	222	758
Homeownership rate	85.2%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boykin	Camden
Population	269 → 280 (+4.1%)	2,177 → 2,056 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$12,292 → $36,908 (+200.3%)	$44,524 → $38,864 (-12.7%)
Median home value	—	$103,800 → $110,100 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$417 → $567 (+36.0%)

Boykin

Population

269280

Median household income

$12,292$36,908

Camden

Population

2,1772,056

Median household income

$44,524$38,864

Median home value

$103,800$110,100

Median gross rent

$417$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boykin	Camden
Under 5	15.7%	9.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	23.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	2.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.2%
75 and over	0.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boykin	Camden
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	27.2%
Black or African American	99.3%	69.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boykin	Camden
No high school diploma	35.0%	24.7%
High school graduate	25.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boykin	Camden
Drove alone	93.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boykin	Camden
1-unit, detached	59.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	40.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Boykin	Camden
Poverty rate	14.3%	31.8%
Average household size	3.46	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1987	1977