New Boston vs Texarkana

A side-by-side comparison of New Boston and Texarkana: population, income, housing, and more.

New Boston and Texarkana are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Texarkana has the higher population (36,039 vs 4,593 in New Boston). New Boston has the higher median household income ($57,344 vs $49,240 in Texarkana). Texarkana has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $99,000 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	New Boston	Texarkana
Population	4,593	36,039
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,344	$49,240
Median home value	$99,000	$159,700
Median gross rent	$746	$990
Housing units	2,178	16,178
Homeownership rate	62.6%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Boston	Texarkana
Population	4,660 → 4,593 (-1.4%)	36,688 → 36,039 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$46,320 → $57,344 (+23.8%)	$45,080 → $49,240 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $99,000 (+6.9%)	$130,600 → $159,700 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $746 (+28.8%)	$781 → $990 (+26.8%)

New Boston

Population

4,6604,593

Median household income

$46,320$57,344

Median home value

$92,600$99,000

Median gross rent

$579$746

Texarkana

Population

36,68836,039

Median household income

$45,080$49,240

Median home value

$130,600$159,700

Median gross rent

$781$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Boston	Texarkana
Under 5	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.3%
75 and over	10.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Boston	Texarkana
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	44.9%
Black or African American	10.3%	38.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Boston	Texarkana
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	33.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Boston	Texarkana
Drove alone	69.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	21.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Boston	Texarkana
1-unit, detached	75.3%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	New Boston	Texarkana
Poverty rate	18.1%	21.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1979	1980