Boy River vs Whipholt

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

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

Whipholt has the higher population (69 vs 7 in Boy River). Whipholt has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $56,250 in Boy River). Since 2019, Whipholt's population has grown faster (-27.4% vs -80.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Boy River	Whipholt
Population	7	69
Median age	56.8 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$67,500
Median home value	—	$262,500
Housing units	8	103
Homeownership rate	66.7%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boy River	Whipholt
Population	35 → 7 (-80.0%)	95 → 69 (-27.4%)
Median household income	—	$54,375 → $67,500 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $135,000 (+65.2%)	$186,400 → $262,500 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,094 → $1,313 (+20.0%)

Boy River

Population

357

Median home value

$81,700$135,000

Whipholt

Population

9569

Median household income

$54,375$67,500

Median home value

$186,400$262,500

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boy River	Whipholt
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.9%
45 to 54	28.6%	18.8%
55 to 64	42.9%	24.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.9%
75 and over	14.3%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boy River	Whipholt
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boy River	Whipholt
No high school diploma	28.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boy River	Whipholt
Drove alone	60.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boy River	Whipholt
1-unit, detached	87.5%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Boy River	Whipholt
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1958	2000