Boyden vs Chatsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Boyden and Chatsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

Boyden and Chatsworth are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boyden has the higher population (702 vs 80 in Chatsworth). Boyden has the higher median household income ($81,354 vs $45,556 in Chatsworth). Since 2019, Chatsworth's population has grown faster (+31.1% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Boyden	Chatsworth
Population	702	80
Median age	40.2 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,354	$45,556
Median home value	$175,300	—
Median gross rent	$765	$740
Housing units	291	61
Homeownership rate	83.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyden	Chatsworth
Population	872 → 702 (-19.5%)	61 → 80 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $81,354 (+20.8%)	$54,063 → $45,556 (-15.7%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $175,300 (+41.3%)	$110,400 → $152,500 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $765 (-2.5%)	$650 → $740 (+13.8%)

Boyden

Population

872702

Median household income

$67,361$81,354

Median home value

$124,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$785$765

Chatsworth

Population

6180

Median household income

$54,063$45,556

Median home value

$110,400$152,500

Median gross rent

$650$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyden	Chatsworth
Under 5	5.3%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	2.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	1.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	38.8%
65 to 74	4.1%	6.3%
75 and over	10.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyden	Chatsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyden	Chatsworth
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyden	Chatsworth
Drove alone	78.7%	86.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyden	Chatsworth
1-unit, detached	86.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyden	Chatsworth
Poverty rate	11.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.41	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1965	1951