Boyden vs Granville

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

Boyden and Granville 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 255 in Granville). Boyden has the higher median household income ($81,354 vs $68,958 in Granville). Boyden has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $156,300 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Boyden	Granville
Population	702	255
Median age	40.2 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,354	$68,958
Median home value	$175,300	$156,300
Median gross rent	$765	$1,089
Housing units	291	136
Homeownership rate	83.5%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyden	Granville
Population	872 → 702 (-19.5%)	336 → 255 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $81,354 (+20.8%)	$54,375 → $68,958 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $175,300 (+41.3%)	$83,600 → $156,300 (+87.0%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $765 (-2.5%)	$640 → $1,089 (+70.2%)

Boyden

Population

872702

Median household income

$67,361$81,354

Median home value

$124,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$785$765

Granville

Population

336255

Median household income

$54,375$68,958

Median home value

$83,600$156,300

Median gross rent

$640$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyden	Granville
Under 5	5.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	3.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	6.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	27.5%
65 to 74	4.1%	14.1%
75 and over	10.0%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyden	Granville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	98.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyden	Granville
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyden	Granville
Drove alone	78.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyden	Granville
1-unit, detached	86.3%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyden	Granville
Poverty rate	11.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.41	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1965	1971