Boston vs Ochlocknee

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

Boston and Ochlocknee 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 639 in Ochlocknee). Ochlocknee has the higher median household income ($41,563 vs $40,156 in Boston). Since 2019, Boston's population has grown faster (-1.0% vs -4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Ochlocknee
Population	1,305	639
Median age	34.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,156	$41,563
Median home value	—	$122,500
Median gross rent	$850	$827
Housing units	606	319
Homeownership rate	47.3%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Ochlocknee
Population	1,318 → 1,305 (-1.0%)	672 → 639 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$34,079 → $40,156 (+17.8%)	$42,237 → $41,563 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $92,500 (+0.2%)	$72,600 → $122,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $850 (+34.3%)	$879 → $827 (-5.9%)

Boston

Population

1,3181,305

Median household income

$34,079$40,156

Median home value

$92,300$92,500

Median gross rent

$633$850

Ochlocknee

Population

672639

Median household income

$42,237$41,563

Median home value

$72,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$879$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Ochlocknee
Under 5	6.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.4%	20.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	4.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.7%
75 and over	4.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Ochlocknee
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	64.6%
Black or African American	65.9%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Ochlocknee
No high school diploma	13.4%	20.1%
High school graduate	42.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Ochlocknee
Drove alone	89.1%	65.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	22.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Ochlocknee
1-unit, detached	48.3%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	39.8%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Ochlocknee
Poverty rate	31.0%	28.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1981	1980