Boston vs Meigs

A side-by-side comparison of Boston and Meigs: population, income, housing, and more.

Boston and Meigs are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boston has the higher population (1,305 vs 825 in Meigs). Boston has the higher median household income ($40,156 vs $28,125 in Meigs). Since 2019, Boston's population has grown faster (-1.0% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Meigs
Population	1,305	825
Median age	34.9 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,156	$28,125
Median home value	—	$92,500
Median gross rent	$850	$588
Housing units	606	372
Homeownership rate	47.3%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Meigs
Population	1,318 → 1,305 (-1.0%)	1,085 → 825 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$34,079 → $40,156 (+17.8%)	$30,234 → $28,125 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $92,500 (+0.2%)	$63,200 → $92,500 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $850 (+34.3%)	$484 → $588 (+21.5%)

Boston

Population

1,3181,305

Median household income

$34,079$40,156

Median home value

$92,300$92,500

Median gross rent

$633$850

Meigs

Population

1,085825

Median household income

$30,234$28,125

Median home value

$63,200$92,500

Median gross rent

$484$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Meigs
Under 5	6.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	25.5%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.4%
75 and over	4.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Meigs
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	17.3%
Black or African American	65.9%	72.4%
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	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Meigs
No high school diploma	13.4%	31.5%
High school graduate	42.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Meigs
Drove alone	89.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Meigs
1-unit, detached	48.3%	40.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Meigs
Poverty rate	31.0%	49.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1981	1983