Boaz vs North Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Boaz and North Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Boaz and North Hills are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boaz has the higher population (1,374 vs 971 in North Hills). North Hills has the higher median household income ($143,125 vs $92,708 in Boaz). North Hills has the higher median home value ($254,700 vs $227,400 in Boaz).

Population, income & housing

	Boaz	North Hills
Population	1,374	971
Median age	48.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$143,125
Median home value	$227,400	$254,700
Median gross rent	$1,274	—
Housing units	567	309
Homeownership rate	85.7%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boaz	North Hills
Population	1,638 → 1,374 (-16.1%)	938 → 971 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$68,611 → $92,708 (+35.1%)	$113,500 → $143,125 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $227,400 (+48.5%)	$210,300 → $254,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,274 (+26.5%)	—

Boaz

Population

1,6381,374

Median household income

$68,611$92,708

Median home value

$153,100$227,400

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,274

North Hills

Population

938971

Median household income

$113,500$143,125

Median home value

$210,300$254,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boaz	North Hills
Under 5	2.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	32.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	5.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	22.0%	8.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boaz	North Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boaz	North Hills
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	43.7%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boaz	North Hills
Drove alone	81.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	15.6%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boaz	North Hills
1-unit, detached	89.2%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Boaz	North Hills
Poverty rate	7.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.51	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1983	1975