Boyle vs Mound Bayou

A side-by-side comparison of Boyle and Mound Bayou: population, income, housing, and more.

Boyle and Mound Bayou are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mound Bayou has the higher population (1,526 vs 641 in Boyle). Boyle has the higher median household income ($39,926 vs $23,194 in Mound Bayou). Boyle has the higher median home value ($141,000 vs $63,100 in Mound Bayou).

Population, income & housing

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
Population	641	1,526
Median age	39.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,926	$23,194
Median home value	$141,000	$63,100
Median gross rent	$821	$532
Housing units	289	718
Homeownership rate	72.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
Population	842 → 641 (-23.9%)	1,714 → 1,526 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$36,964 → $39,926 (+8.0%)	$21,622 → $23,194 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $141,000 (+62.4%)	$81,900 → $63,100 (-23.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $821 (+5.3%)	$465 → $532 (+14.4%)

Boyle

Population

842641

Median household income

$36,964$39,926

Median home value

$86,800$141,000

Median gross rent

$780$821

Mound Bayou

Population

1,7141,526

Median household income

$21,622$23,194

Median home value

$81,900$63,100

Median gross rent

$465$532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	20.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.7%
75 and over	10.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	31.5%	99.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	13.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
No high school diploma	10.7%	12.5%
High school graduate	24.8%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
Drove alone	93.8%	92.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
1-unit, detached	86.2%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Boyle	Mound Bayou
Poverty rate	22.7%	44.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1966	1978