Boyden vs Ireton

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

Boyden and Ireton 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 613 in Ireton). Boyden has the higher median household income ($81,354 vs $62,917 in Ireton). Boyden has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $134,500 in Ireton).

Population, income & housing

	Boyden	Ireton
Population	702	613
Median age	40.2 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,354	$62,917
Median home value	$175,300	$134,500
Median gross rent	$765	$1,100
Housing units	291	260
Homeownership rate	83.5%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyden	Ireton
Population	872 → 702 (-19.5%)	749 → 613 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $81,354 (+20.8%)	$66,875 → $62,917 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$124,100 → $175,300 (+41.3%)	$98,500 → $134,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $765 (-2.5%)	$829 → $1,100 (+32.7%)

Boyden

Population

872702

Median household income

$67,361$81,354

Median home value

$124,100$175,300

Median gross rent

$785$765

Ireton

Population

749613

Median household income

$66,875$62,917

Median home value

$98,500$134,500

Median gross rent

$829$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyden	Ireton
Under 5	5.3%	12.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	4.1%	6.0%
75 and over	10.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyden	Ireton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	71.1%
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%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	5.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	22.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyden	Ireton
No high school diploma	3.9%	18.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyden	Ireton
Drove alone	78.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyden	Ireton
1-unit, detached	86.3%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.5%
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	Ireton
Poverty rate	11.5%	24.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1965	1961