Boyd vs Decatur

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

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

Decatur has the higher population (7,087 vs 1,488 in Boyd). Decatur has the higher median household income ($71,919 vs $66,944 in Boyd). Decatur has the higher median home value ($242,200 vs $230,700 in Boyd).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd	Decatur
Population	1,488	7,087
Median age	39.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$71,919
Median home value	$230,700	$242,200
Median gross rent	$842	$1,089
Housing units	622	3,155
Homeownership rate	76.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd	Decatur
Population	1,301 → 1,488 (+14.4%)	6,738 → 7,087 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $66,944 (+11.6%)	$60,110 → $71,919 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $230,700 (+88.3%)	$156,500 → $242,200 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $842 (-9.9%)	$1,035 → $1,089 (+5.2%)

Boyd

Population

1,3011,488

Median household income

$60,000$66,944

Median home value

$122,500$230,700

Median gross rent

$935$842

Decatur

Population

6,7387,087

Median household income

$60,110$71,919

Median home value

$156,500$242,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd	Decatur
Under 5	5.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.3%
75 and over	6.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd	Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	64.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	34.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd	Decatur
No high school diploma	18.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	43.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd	Decatur
Drove alone	71.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	23.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd	Decatur
1-unit, detached	75.1%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Boyd	Decatur
Poverty rate	9.8%	7.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1985	1988