Boyce vs Cheneyville

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

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

Boyce has the higher population (1,295 vs 592 in Cheneyville). Since 2019, Boyce's population has grown faster (+24.4% vs -5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Boyce	Cheneyville
Population	1,295	592
Median age	22.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	—
Median home value	$83,600	—
Median gross rent	$848	$775
Housing units	454	365
Homeownership rate	40.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyce	Cheneyville
Population	1,041 → 1,295 (+24.4%)	629 → 592 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$23,920 → $36,250 (+51.5%)	$25,598 → $17,917 (-30.0%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $83,600 (+47.7%)	$86,300 → $74,600 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $848 (+24.0%)	$578 → $775 (+34.1%)

Boyce

Population

1,0411,295

Median household income

$23,920$36,250

Median home value

$56,600$83,600

Median gross rent

$684$848

Cheneyville

Population

629592

Median household income

$25,598$17,917

Median home value

$86,300$74,600

Median gross rent

$578$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyce	Cheneyville
Under 5	18.4%	10.8%
5 to 17	21.1%	7.4%
18 to 24	19.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	13.5%
75 and over	4.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyce	Cheneyville
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	37.0%
Black or African American	62.5%	49.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyce	Cheneyville
No high school diploma	24.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	35.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyce	Cheneyville
Drove alone	73.9%	94.4%
Carpooled	22.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyce	Cheneyville
1-unit, detached	58.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyce	Cheneyville
Poverty rate	32.4%	37.5%
Average household size	3.73	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1964	1959