Boston vs Hallwood

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

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

Both have a population of 156. Boston has the higher median household income ($56,557 vs $55,417 in Hallwood). Boston has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $96,900 in Hallwood).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Hallwood
Population	156	156
Median age	47.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,557	$55,417
Median home value	$110,200	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,075
Housing units	106	114
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Hallwood
Population	928 → 156 (-83.2%)	226 → 156 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$31,630 → $56,557 (+78.8%)	$41,250 → $55,417 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $110,200 (+1002.1%)	$88,300 → $96,900 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $743 (+10.1%)	$775 → $1,075 (+38.7%)

Boston

Population

928156

Median household income

$31,630$56,557

Median home value

$9,999$110,200

Median gross rent

$675$743

Hallwood

Population

226156

Median household income

$41,250$55,417

Median home value

$88,300$96,900

Median gross rent

$775$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Hallwood
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	4.5%	24.4%
45 to 54	39.1%	3.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	28.8%	5.8%
75 and over	0.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Hallwood
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	68.6%	0.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Hallwood
No high school diploma	6.4%	31.3%
High school graduate	73.7%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	4.5%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Hallwood
Drove alone	100.0%	96.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
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	Hallwood
1-unit, detached	35.8%	87.7%
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%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Hallwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.7%
Average household size	1.47	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	2003	1938