Boyden vs Hawarden

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

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

Hawarden has the higher population (2,674 vs 702 in Boyden). Boyden has the higher median household income ($81,354 vs $69,375 in Hawarden). Boyden has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $132,700 in Hawarden).

Population, income & housing

	Boyden	Hawarden
Population	702	2,674
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,354	$69,375
Median home value	$175,300	$132,700
Median gross rent	$765	$881
Housing units	291	1,033
Homeownership rate	83.5%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyden	Hawarden
Population	872 → 702 (-19.5%)	2,836 → 2,674 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $81,354 (+20.8%)	$50,394 → $69,375 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $175,300 (+41.3%)	$85,100 → $132,700 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $765 (-2.5%)	$583 → $881 (+51.1%)

Boyden

Population

872702

Median household income

$67,361$81,354

Median home value

$124,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$785$765

Hawarden

Population

2,8362,674

Median household income

$50,394$69,375

Median home value

$85,100$132,700

Median gross rent

$583$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyden	Hawarden
Under 5	5.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	4.1%	8.5%
75 and over	10.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyden	Hawarden
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	62.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyden	Hawarden
No high school diploma	3.9%	24.9%
High school graduate	34.6%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyden	Hawarden
Drove alone	78.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.8%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyden	Hawarden
1-unit, detached	86.3%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyden	Hawarden
Poverty rate	11.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1965	1971