Boyd vs New Fairview

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

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

New Fairview has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,488 in Boyd). New Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $66,944 in Boyd). New Fairview has the higher median home value ($240,600 vs $230,700 in Boyd).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd	New Fairview
Population	1,488	1,521
Median age	39.6 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$89,531
Median home value	$230,700	$240,600
Median gross rent	$842	$1,733
Housing units	622	526
Homeownership rate	76.6%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd	New Fairview
Population	1,301 → 1,488 (+14.4%)	1,347 → 1,521 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $66,944 (+11.6%)	$72,500 → $89,531 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $230,700 (+88.3%)	$105,300 → $240,600 (+128.5%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $842 (-9.9%)	$1,297 → $1,733 (+33.6%)

Boyd

Population

1,3011,488

Median household income

$60,000$66,944

Median home value

$122,500$230,700

Median gross rent

$935$842

New Fairview

Population

1,3471,521

Median household income

$72,500$89,531

Median home value

$105,300$240,600

Median gross rent

$1,297$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd	New Fairview
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	27.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	3.7%
75 and over	6.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd	New Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	50.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd	New Fairview
No high school diploma	18.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	43.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd	New Fairview
Drove alone	71.9%	71.1%
Carpooled	23.3%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd	New Fairview
1-unit, detached	75.1%	31.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	68.4%

Poverty & households

	Boyd	New Fairview
Poverty rate	9.8%	25.0%
Average household size	2.62	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1985	1999