Georgia · Census place 09460
Boston, GA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Boston, Georgia (Boston, GA — Census place “Boston city”) is 1,305 residents, ranking #346 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $40,156, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $850 a month. Looking for the Boston Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Boston, GA: 31626.
- Population
- 1,305Boston city residents
- Median household income
- $40,156Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $850Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 47.3%Owner-occupied households
Boston ZIP codes (Georgia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Boston.
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What the numbers mean in Boston city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Boston city median would spend about 25.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 31% of residents and 47.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Boston city, GA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Boston city is a small town in Georgia, with 1,305 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #346 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 48% of them. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Boston city earn a median of $40,156 a year, 48.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 31% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Boston city is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $850 a month, 39.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,200 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 47.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
The Census withheld home value for Boston city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Georgia.
- Hiawassee city 1,300
- Rock Spring CDP 1,310
- Bogart town 1,298
- Clermont town 1,316
- Porterdale city 1,291
- Flemington city 1,324
- Darien city 1,260
- Buchanan city 1,324
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Boston city?
- Boston city has 1,305 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #346 of 675 in Georgia.
- What is the median household income in Boston city?
- Median household income in Boston city is $40,156 a year, 48.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Boston city?
- Median gross rent is $850 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 25.4% of median household income.
- Is Boston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Boston city to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Boston city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.