Boykins vs Newsoms

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

Boykins and Newsoms 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 296 in Newsoms). Boykins has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $52,639 in Newsoms). Boykins has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $151,700 in Newsoms).

Population, income & housing

	Boykins	Newsoms
Population	484	296
Median age	43.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$52,639
Median home value	$165,600	$151,700
Median gross rent	$1,059	$1,042
Housing units	260	198
Homeownership rate	65.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boykins	Newsoms
Population	748 → 484 (-35.3%)	345 → 296 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$87,250 → $57,917 (-33.6%)	$43,750 → $52,639 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $165,600 (+29.7%)	$140,200 → $151,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $1,059 (+53.0%)	$938 → $1,042 (+11.1%)

Boykins

Population

748484

Median household income

$87,250$57,917

Median home value

$127,700$165,600

Median gross rent

$692$1,059

Newsoms

Population

345296

Median household income

$43,750$52,639

Median home value

$140,200$151,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boykins	Newsoms
Under 5	13.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	23.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.5%
75 and over	6.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boykins	Newsoms
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	56.4%
Black or African American	33.3%	41.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boykins	Newsoms
No high school diploma	22.2%	21.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boykins	Newsoms
Drove alone	81.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.3%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.2%
Other means	3.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boykins	Newsoms
1-unit, detached	85.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Boykins	Newsoms
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	42	38
Median year structure built	1962	1957