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Boydton, VA population, income and ZIP codes

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The population of the city of Boydton, Virginia (Boydton, VA — Census place “Boydton town”) is 251 residents, ranking #557 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $55,000, the median home is worth $156,300 and median gross rent runs $970 a month. Looking for the Boydton Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Boydton, VA: 23917.

Population
251Boydton town residents
Median household income
$55,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$156,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$970Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
53.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
83.6%Owner-occupied households

Boydton ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Boydton.

The Boydton VA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Boydton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Boydton town median would spend about 21.2% 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. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.8% of residents and 83.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Boydton town, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Boydton town is a very small community in Virginia, with 251 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #557 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 19% of them. The median age here is 53.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Boydton town earn a median of $55,000 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Boydton town is valued at $156,300, 48.5% below the national figure and 46% below the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $970 a month, 31% below the national figure, or roughly $11,640 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 83.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 53.1 puts Boydton town well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 251 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Boydton town against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Boydton town?
Boydton town has 251 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #557 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Boydton town?
Median household income in Boydton town is $55,000 a year, 30% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Boydton town?
Median gross rent is $970 a month and the median home value is $156,300, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Boydton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Boydton town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Boydton town 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.