Boy River vs Chickamaw Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Boy River and Chickamaw Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Boy River and Chickamaw Beach are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chickamaw Beach has the higher population (218 vs 7 in Boy River). Chickamaw Beach has the higher median household income ($85,625 vs $56,250 in Boy River). Since 2019, Chickamaw Beach's population has grown faster (+98.2% vs -80.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
Population	7	218
Median age	56.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$85,625
Median home value	—	$275,000
Housing units	8	140
Homeownership rate	66.7%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
Population	35 → 7 (-80.0%)	110 → 218 (+98.2%)
Median household income	—	$64,375 → $85,625 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $135,000 (+65.2%)	$201,800 → $275,000 (+36.3%)

Boy River

Population

357

Median home value

$81,700$135,000

Chickamaw Beach

Population

110218

Median household income

$64,375$85,625

Median home value

$201,800$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
Under 5	0.0%	18.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	28.6%	2.8%
55 to 64	42.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.0%
75 and over	14.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
No high school diploma	28.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
Drove alone	60.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	13.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
1-unit, detached	87.5%	99.3%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boy River	Chickamaw Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1958	1978