Bobtown vs Boston

A side-by-side comparison of Bobtown and Boston: population, income, housing, and more.

Bobtown and Boston are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bobtown has the higher population (196 vs 156 in Boston). Bobtown has the higher median home value ($587,500 vs $110,200 in Boston). Since 2019, Bobtown's population has grown faster (+59.3% vs -83.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bobtown	Boston
Population	196	156
Median age	43.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,557
Median home value	$587,500	$110,200
Housing units	123	106
Homeownership rate	84.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bobtown	Boston
Population	123 → 196 (+59.3%)	928 → 156 (-83.2%)
Median household income	—	$31,630 → $56,557 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$533,200 → $587,500 (+10.2%)	$9,999 → $110,200 (+1002.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $743 (+10.1%)

Bobtown

Population

123196

Median home value

$533,200$587,500

Boston

Population

928156

Median household income

$31,630$56,557

Median home value

$9,999$110,200

Median gross rent

$675$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bobtown	Boston
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	54.1%	4.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	39.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	20.9%	28.8%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bobtown	Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	31.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	68.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bobtown	Boston
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	3.6%	73.7%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	4.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	44.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bobtown	Boston
Drove alone	60.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	39.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bobtown	Boston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	64.2%

Poverty & households

	Bobtown	Boston
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.81	1.47
Median year structure built	2000	2003