Boyd vs Newark

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

Boyd and Newark 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 1,221 in Newark). Boyd has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $57,000 in Newark). Boyd has the higher median home value ($230,700 vs $105,900 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd	Newark
Population	1,488	1,221
Median age	39.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$57,000
Median home value	$230,700	$105,900
Median gross rent	$842	$1,144
Housing units	622	470
Homeownership rate	76.6%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd	Newark
Population	1,301 → 1,488 (+14.4%)	1,290 → 1,221 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $66,944 (+11.6%)	$54,792 → $57,000 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $230,700 (+88.3%)	$86,400 → $105,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $842 (-9.9%)	$868 → $1,144 (+31.8%)

Boyd

Population

1,3011,488

Median household income

$60,000$66,944

Median home value

$122,500$230,700

Median gross rent

$935$842

Newark

Population

1,2901,221

Median household income

$54,792$57,000

Median home value

$86,400$105,900

Median gross rent

$868$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd	Newark
Under 5	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.1%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	60.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd	Newark
No high school diploma	18.0%	18.6%
High school graduate	43.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd	Newark
Drove alone	71.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	23.3%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd	Newark
1-unit, detached	75.1%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	46.4%

Poverty & households

	Boyd	Newark
Poverty rate	9.8%	26.6%
Average household size	2.62	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1985	1994