Boyce vs Shenandoah Retreat

A side-by-side comparison of Boyce and Shenandoah Retreat: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boyce has the higher population (981 vs 573 in Shenandoah Retreat). Boyce has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $98,523 in Shenandoah Retreat). Boyce has the higher median home value ($417,800 vs $376,600 in Shenandoah Retreat).

Population, income & housing

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
Population	981	573
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,125	$98,523
Median home value	$417,800	$376,600
Median gross rent	$1,224	—
Housing units	336	227
Homeownership rate	81.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
Population	827 → 981 (+18.6%)	626 → 573 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$99,479 → $108,125 (+8.7%)	$63,182 → $98,523 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$300,000 → $417,800 (+39.3%)	$245,000 → $376,600 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,224 (+7.3%)	—

Boyce

Population

827981

Median household income

$99,479$108,125

Median home value

$300,000$417,800

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,224

Shenandoah Retreat

Population

626573

Median household income

$63,182$98,523

Median home value

$245,000$376,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	3.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	19.7%
75 and over	9.4%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
No high school diploma	14.9%	5.8%
High school graduate	17.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
Drove alone	70.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	19.0%
Other means	0.9%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
1-unit, detached	96.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyce	Shenandoah Retreat
Poverty rate	1.2%	0.3%
Average household size	3.17	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	40	27
Median year structure built	1987	1979