Boyd vs Chico

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

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

Boyd has the higher population (1,488 vs 1,174 in Chico). Boyd has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $58,125 in Chico). Boyd has the higher median home value ($230,700 vs $160,300 in Chico).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd	Chico
Population	1,488	1,174
Median age	39.6 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$58,125
Median home value	$230,700	$160,300
Median gross rent	$842	$1,130
Housing units	622	462
Homeownership rate	76.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd	Chico
Population	1,301 → 1,488 (+14.4%)	1,138 → 1,174 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $66,944 (+11.6%)	$48,571 → $58,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $230,700 (+88.3%)	$104,600 → $160,300 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $842 (-9.9%)	$953 → $1,130 (+18.6%)

Boyd

Population

1,3011,488

Median household income

$60,000$66,944

Median home value

$122,500$230,700

Median gross rent

$935$842

Chico

Population

1,1381,174

Median household income

$48,571$58,125

Median home value

$104,600$160,300

Median gross rent

$953$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd	Chico
Under 5	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.2%
75 and over	6.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd	Chico
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	84.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd	Chico
No high school diploma	18.0%	19.6%
High school graduate	43.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd	Chico
Drove alone	71.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	23.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd	Chico
1-unit, detached	75.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Boyd	Chico
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.62	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1985	1979