Boaz vs Waverly

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

Boaz and Waverly 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 395 in Waverly). Boaz has the higher median household income ($92,708 vs $79,539 in Waverly). Waverly has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $227,400 in Boaz).

Population, income & housing

	Boaz	Waverly
Population	1,374	395
Median age	48.6 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$79,539
Median home value	$227,400	$265,000
Median gross rent	$1,274	—
Housing units	567	157
Homeownership rate	85.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boaz	Waverly
Population	1,638 → 1,374 (-16.1%)	623 → 395 (-36.6%)
Median household income	$68,611 → $92,708 (+35.1%)	$73,676 → $79,539 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $227,400 (+48.5%)	$144,000 → $265,000 (+84.0%)
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

Waverly

Population

623395

Median household income

$73,676$79,539

Median home value

$144,000$265,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boaz	Waverly
Under 5	2.5%	14.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	5.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	23.5%
65 to 74	22.0%	20.5%
75 and over	7.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boaz	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	98.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boaz	Waverly
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boaz	Waverly
Drove alone	81.6%	66.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	21.8%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boaz	Waverly
1-unit, detached	89.2%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Boaz	Waverly
Poverty rate	7.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1983	2001