Alexandria vs Boyce

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Boyce: population, income, housing, and more.

Alexandria and Boyce are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alexandria has the higher population (44,566 vs 1,295 in Boyce). Alexandria has the higher median household income ($47,357 vs $36,250 in Boyce). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $83,600 in Boyce).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Boyce
Population	44,566	1,295
Median age	37.6 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,357	$36,250
Median home value	$182,800	$83,600
Median gross rent	$946	$848
Housing units	20,805	454
Homeownership rate	52.3%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Boyce
Population	47,012 → 44,566 (-5.2%)	1,041 → 1,295 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$43,497 → $47,357 (+8.9%)	$23,920 → $36,250 (+51.5%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $182,800 (+22.8%)	$56,600 → $83,600 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $946 (+13.8%)	$684 → $848 (+24.0%)

Alexandria

Population

47,01244,566

Median household income

$43,497$47,357

Median home value

$148,900$182,800

Median gross rent

$831$946

Boyce

Population

1,0411,295

Median household income

$23,920$36,250

Median home value

$56,600$83,600

Median gross rent

$684$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Boyce
Under 5	6.2%	18.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	19.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	3.6%
75 and over	6.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Boyce
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	37.3%
Black or African American	55.8%	62.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Boyce
No high school diploma	15.7%	24.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Boyce
Drove alone	76.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	22.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	5.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Boyce
1-unit, detached	69.7%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Boyce
Poverty rate	26.4%	32.4%
Average household size	2.51	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1970	1964