Boys Ranch vs Wildorado

A side-by-side comparison of Boys Ranch and Wildorado: population, income, housing, and more.

Boys Ranch and Wildorado are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wildorado has the higher population (178 vs 129 in Boys Ranch). Since 2019, Wildorado's population has grown faster (+18.7% vs -68.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
Population	129	178
Median age	16.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,375
Median home value	—	$76,300
Housing units	29	76
Homeownership rate	0.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
Population	412 → 129 (-68.7%)	150 → 178 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$107,500 → $51,932 (-51.7%)	$47,639 → $44,375 (-6.9%)
Median home value	—	$56,400 → $76,300 (+35.3%)

Boys Ranch

Population

412129

Median household income

$107,500$51,932

Wildorado

Population

150178

Median household income

$47,639$44,375

Median home value

$56,400$76,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
Under 5	4.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	61.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	21.3%
55 to 64	2.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.4%
75 and over	0.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	48.1%	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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	0.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	50.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
Drove alone	27.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.8%
Public transit	5.0%	0.0%
Walked	60.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
1-unit, detached	17.2%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	72.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Boys Ranch	Wildorado
Poverty rate	8.7%	32.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1957	1958