Boykin vs Yellow Bluff

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

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

Boykin has the higher population (280 vs 144 in Yellow Bluff). Boykin has the higher median household income ($36,908 vs $12,107 in Yellow Bluff). Since 2019, Yellow Bluff's population has grown faster (+39.8% vs +4.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
Population	280	144
Median age	19.7 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,908	$12,107
Median gross rent	—	$755
Housing units	222	104
Homeownership rate	85.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	60.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
Population	269 → 280 (+4.1%)	103 → 144 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$12,292 → $36,908 (+200.3%)	$18,958 → $12,107 (-36.1%)
Median home value	—	$65,200 → $71,400 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $755 (+43.8%)

Boykin

Population

269280

Median household income

$12,292$36,908

Yellow Bluff

Population

103144

Median household income

$18,958$12,107

Median home value

$65,200$71,400

Median gross rent

$525$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
Under 5	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	6.9%
18 to 24	23.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	2.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	23.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	24.3%
75 and over	0.0%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	2.8%
Black or African American	99.3%	97.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
No high school diploma	35.0%	28.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	4.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
Drove alone	93.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
1-unit, detached	59.9%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.1%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Boykin	Yellow Bluff
Poverty rate	14.3%	68.1%
Average household size	3.46	1.62
Median year structure built	1987	1970