Boissevain vs Springville

A side-by-side comparison of Boissevain and Springville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Springville has the higher population (953 vs 757 in Boissevain). Springville has the higher median household income ($44,286 vs $25,951 in Boissevain). Springville has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $28,300 in Boissevain).

Population, income & housing

	Boissevain	Springville
Population	757	953
Median age	60.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$25,951	$44,286
Median home value	$28,300	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$597
Housing units	430	588
Homeownership rate	86.6%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boissevain	Springville
Population	476 → 757 (+59.0%)	1,301 → 953 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$37,661 → $25,951 (-31.1%)	$44,647 → $44,286 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$49,700 → $28,300 (-43.1%)	$109,900 → $94,600 (-13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$575 → $597 (+3.8%)

Boissevain

Population

476757

Median household income

$37,661$25,951

Median home value

$49,700$28,300

Springville

Population

1,301953

Median household income

$44,647$44,286

Median home value

$109,900$94,600

Median gross rent

$575$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boissevain	Springville
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	2.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	35.3%	15.6%
75 and over	4.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boissevain	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boissevain	Springville
No high school diploma	13.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	65.8%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boissevain	Springville
Drove alone	68.4%	96.3%
Carpooled	25.9%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boissevain	Springville
1-unit, detached	62.6%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.7%	64.3%

Poverty & households

	Boissevain	Springville
Poverty rate	21.0%	20.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1970	1988