Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Boyd is worth considering.
One downside of living in Boyd, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.49 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Boyd doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Boyd, just 9.57% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Boyd in 2018 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.
