Boykins vs Branchville

A side-by-side comparison of Boykins and Branchville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boykins has the higher population (484 vs 154 in Branchville). Branchville has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $57,917 in Boykins). Boykins has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $146,400 in Branchville).

Population, income & housing

	Boykins	Branchville
Population	484	154
Median age	43.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$77,813
Median home value	$165,600	$146,400
Median gross rent	$1,059	—
Housing units	260	81
Homeownership rate	65.4%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	25.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boykins	Branchville
Population	748 → 484 (-35.3%)	114 → 154 (+35.1%)
Median household income	$87,250 → $57,917 (-33.6%)	$67,222 → $77,813 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $165,600 (+29.7%)	$94,400 → $146,400 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $1,059 (+53.0%)	—

Boykins

Population

748484

Median household income

$87,250$57,917

Median home value

$127,700$165,600

Median gross rent

$692$1,059

Branchville

Population

114154

Median household income

$67,222$77,813

Median home value

$94,400$146,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boykins	Branchville
Under 5	13.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	23.8%	22.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.6%
75 and over	6.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boykins	Branchville
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	27.9%
Black or African American	33.3%	69.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boykins	Branchville
No high school diploma	22.2%	2.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boykins	Branchville
Drove alone	81.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.1%
Other means	3.2%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boykins	Branchville
1-unit, detached	85.8%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Boykins	Branchville
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.66	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	42	51
Median year structure built	1962	1966