Boston vs Thomasville

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

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

Thomasville has the higher population (18,720 vs 1,305 in Boston). Thomasville has the higher median household income ($48,464 vs $40,156 in Boston). Since 2019, Thomasville's population has grown faster (+1.0% vs -1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Thomasville
Population	1,305	18,720
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,156	$48,464
Median home value	—	$196,500
Median gross rent	$850	$1,025
Housing units	606	8,714
Homeownership rate	47.3%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Thomasville
Population	1,318 → 1,305 (-1.0%)	18,539 → 18,720 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$34,079 → $40,156 (+17.8%)	$32,378 → $48,464 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $92,500 (+0.2%)	$163,500 → $196,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $850 (+34.3%)	$857 → $1,025 (+19.6%)

Boston

Population

1,3181,305

Median household income

$34,079$40,156

Median home value

$92,300$92,500

Median gross rent

$633$850

Thomasville

Population

18,53918,720

Median household income

$32,378$48,464

Median home value

$163,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Thomasville
Under 5	6.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.4%
75 and over	4.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Thomasville
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	40.1%
Black or African American	65.9%	56.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Thomasville
No high school diploma	13.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	42.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Thomasville
Drove alone	89.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	14.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Thomasville
1-unit, detached	48.3%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Thomasville
Poverty rate	31.0%	16.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1981	1977