Boyd vs Cornell

A side-by-side comparison of Boyd and Cornell: population, income, housing, and more.

Boyd and Cornell are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cornell has the higher population (1,331 vs 537 in Boyd). Cornell has the higher median household income ($60,667 vs $60,096 in Boyd). Cornell has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $124,800 in Boyd).

Population, income & housing

	Boyd	Cornell
Population	537	1,331
Median age	42.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,096	$60,667
Median home value	$124,800	$142,100
Median gross rent	$861	$796
Housing units	237	605
Homeownership rate	79.7%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyd	Cornell
Population	593 → 537 (-9.4%)	1,781 → 1,331 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $60,096 (+8.0%)	$47,264 → $60,667 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$105,300 → $124,800 (+18.5%)	$97,100 → $142,100 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $861 (+5.9%)	$599 → $796 (+32.9%)

Boyd

Population

593537

Median household income

$55,625$60,096

Median home value

$105,300$124,800

Median gross rent

$813$861

Cornell

Population

1,7811,331

Median household income

$47,264$60,667

Median home value

$97,100$142,100

Median gross rent

$599$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyd	Cornell
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	20.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.2%
75 and over	6.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyd	Cornell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyd	Cornell
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyd	Cornell
Drove alone	79.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyd	Cornell
1-unit, detached	92.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Boyd	Cornell
Poverty rate	17.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1950	1961