Boston vs Deep Creek

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

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

Boston has the higher population (156 vs 141 in Deep Creek). Since 2019, Deep Creek's population has grown faster (+252.5% vs -83.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Deep Creek
Population	156	141
Median age	47.9 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,557	—
Median home value	$110,200	—
Housing units	106	51
Homeownership rate	100.0%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Deep Creek
Population	928 → 156 (-83.2%)	40 → 141 (+252.5%)
Median household income	$31,630 → $56,557 (+78.8%)	—
Median home value	$9,999 → $110,200 (+1002.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$675 → $743 (+10.1%)	—

Boston

Population

928156

Median household income

$31,630$56,557

Median home value

$9,999$110,200

Median gross rent

$675$743

Deep Creek

Population

40141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Deep Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.0%
35 to 44	4.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	39.1%	50.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	32.6%
65 to 74	28.8%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Deep Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	32.6%
Black or African American	68.6%	46.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Deep Creek
No high school diploma	6.4%	31.9%
High school graduate	73.7%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	4.5%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Deep Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Boston	Deep Creek
1-unit, detached	35.8%	100.0%
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	64.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Deep Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	65.2%
Average household size	1.47	2.76
Median year structure built	2003	—