Boyd is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,543 people and two associated neighborhoods, Boyd is the 742nd largest community in Texas.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Boyd is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.54% of the Boyd workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Boyd is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boyd who work in office and administrative support (16.53%), management occupations (10.31%), and sales jobs (6.64%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Boyd has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Boyd has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Boyd than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Boyd may be for you. In Boyd, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Boyd doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Boyd have a very low rate of college education: just 9.57% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Boyd in 2022 was $29,391, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,564 for a family of four. However, Boyd contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Boyd is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Boyd home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boyd residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Boyd also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.73% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Boyd include Irish, German, English, Dutch, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Boyd is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
