Bellingham vs Boyd

A side-by-side comparison of Bellingham and Boyd: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boyd has the higher population (186 vs 152 in Bellingham). Boyd has the higher median household income ($54,500 vs $52,083 in Bellingham). Bellingham has the higher median home value ($52,700 vs $26,100 in Boyd).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Boyd
Population	152	186
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,083	$54,500
Median home value	$52,700	$26,100
Median gross rent	$494	—
Housing units	79	113
Homeownership rate	86.2%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Boyd
Population	233 → 152 (-34.8%)	111 → 186 (+67.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $52,083 (+19.0%)	$42,250 → $54,500 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$43,300 → $52,700 (+21.7%)	$41,800 → $26,100 (-37.6%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $494 (+16.2%)	—

Bellingham

Population

233152

Median household income

$43,750$52,083

Median home value

$43,300$52,700

Median gross rent

$425$494

Boyd

Population

111186

Median household income

$42,250$54,500

Median home value

$41,800$26,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Boyd
Under 5	5.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	19.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	8.1%
75 and over	11.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Boyd
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	75.8%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Boyd
No high school diploma	12.1%	27.3%
High school graduate	55.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Boyd
Drove alone	81.1%	90.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Boyd
1-unit, detached	88.6%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Boyd
Poverty rate	6.1%	29.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1954	1938