Boyd vs Runaway Bay

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

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

Runaway Bay has the higher population (1,522 vs 1,488 in Boyd). Runaway Bay has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $66,944 in Boyd). Runaway Bay has the higher median home value ($274,700 vs $230,700 in Boyd).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
Population	1,488	1,522
Median age	39.6 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$83,333
Median home value	$230,700	$274,700
Median gross rent	$842	$1,172
Housing units	622	808
Homeownership rate	76.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
Population	1,301 → 1,488 (+14.4%)	1,845 → 1,522 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $66,944 (+11.6%)	$75,938 → $83,333 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $230,700 (+88.3%)	$172,500 → $274,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $842 (-9.9%)	$875 → $1,172 (+33.9%)

Boyd

Population

1,3011,488

Median household income

$60,000$66,944

Median home value

$122,500$230,700

Median gross rent

$935$842

Runaway Bay

Population

1,8451,522

Median household income

$75,938$83,333

Median home value

$172,500$274,700

Median gross rent

$875$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
Under 5	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	21.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	19.0%
75 and over	6.9%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	85.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	43.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
Drove alone	71.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	23.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	19.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
1-unit, detached	75.1%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyd	Runaway Bay
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1985	1986