Boody vs Niantic

A side-by-side comparison of Boody and Niantic: population, income, housing, and more.

Boody and Niantic are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Niantic has the higher population (734 vs 420 in Boody). Niantic has the higher median household income ($64,009 vs $60,859 in Boody). Boody has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $111,700 in Niantic).

Population, income & housing

	Boody	Niantic
Population	420	734
Median age	34.9 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,859	$64,009
Median home value	$112,100	$111,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	175	263
Homeownership rate	69.1%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boody	Niantic
Population	363 → 420 (+15.7%)	574 → 734 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$76,750 → $60,859 (-20.7%)	$56,111 → $64,009 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $112,100 (+42.6%)	$84,000 → $111,700 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $1,000 (+73.9%)

Boody

Population

363420

Median household income

$76,750$60,859

Median home value

$78,600$112,100

Niantic

Population

574734

Median household income

$56,111$64,009

Median home value

$84,000$111,700

Median gross rent

$575$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boody	Niantic
Under 5	4.8%	17.4%
5 to 17	28.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	8.2%
75 and over	1.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boody	Niantic
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boody	Niantic
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boody	Niantic
Drove alone	100.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boody	Niantic
1-unit, detached	97.1%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Boody	Niantic
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.40	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1941	1945