Boyden vs Hospers

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

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

Hospers has the higher population (945 vs 702 in Boyden). Boyden has the higher median household income ($81,354 vs $73,819 in Hospers). Boyden has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $163,700 in Hospers).

Population, income & housing

	Boyden	Hospers
Population	702	945
Median age	40.2 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,354	$73,819
Median home value	$175,300	$163,700
Median gross rent	$765	$698
Housing units	291	359
Homeownership rate	83.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyden	Hospers
Population	872 → 702 (-19.5%)	788 → 945 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $81,354 (+20.8%)	$63,542 → $73,819 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $175,300 (+41.3%)	$117,700 → $163,700 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $765 (-2.5%)	$569 → $698 (+22.7%)

Boyden

Population

872702

Median household income

$67,361$81,354

Median home value

$124,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$785$765

Hospers

Population

788945

Median household income

$63,542$73,819

Median home value

$117,700$163,700

Median gross rent

$569$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyden	Hospers
Under 5	5.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	26.6%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	4.1%	7.7%
75 and over	10.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyden	Hospers
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	75.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyden	Hospers
No high school diploma	3.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.6%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyden	Hospers
Drove alone	78.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyden	Hospers
1-unit, detached	86.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyden	Hospers
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1965	1959