Lac qui Parle County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Boyd that have no violations reported:
- BOYD (Population served: 204, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 14.9%
(5.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 60.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 48.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.0 people | | Minnesota: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 48.9% | | Whole state: | 66.5% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 7.0% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Boyd, MN
Boyd compared to Minnesota state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Lac qui Parle County Minnesota:
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Religion statistics for Boyd (based on Lac qui Parle County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 111.89%
| Here |  | 111.9% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church | Lutheran Church | United Church of Christ | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 69.1% | 13.5% | 8.2% | 2.0% | 1.6% |
| Congregations | 38.7% | 12.9% | 12.9% | 6.5% | 3.2% |
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| Name | United Methodist Church | Baptist General Conference | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | The Evangelical Covenant Church | Other |
| Adherents | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| Congregations | 6.5% | 3.2% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 6.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 2 | Lac qui Parle County: | 2.76 / 10,000 pop. | | Minnesota: | 1.83 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Lac qui Parle County: | 1.38 / 10,000 pop. | | Minnesota: | 0.49 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 3 | Here: | 4.13 / 10,000 pop. | | Minnesota: | 3.90 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 7 | Here: | 9.65 / 10,000 pop. | | Minnesota: | 6.98 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Lac qui Parle County: | 8.1% | | State: | 6.5% |
Adult obesity rate: | Lac qui Parle County: | 26.7% | | State: | 25.9% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Here: | 16.3% | | Minnesota: | 13.0% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,134 | $25,608 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $2,078 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 9 | $5,026 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,134 | $25,608 | 10 | $7,104 |
Boyd government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $19,000 ($109.20)
Parks & Recreation: $18,000 ($103.45)
- Current Operations - Liquor Stores: $274,000 ($1574.71)
Water Utilities: $53,000 ($304.60)
General - Other: $48,000 ($275.86)
Regular Highways: $21,000 ($120.69)
Financial Administration: $21,000 ($120.69)
Parks & Recreation: $20,000 ($114.94)
Solid Waste Management: $20,000 ($114.94)
Fire Protection: $20,000 ($114.94)
Police Protection: $14,000 ($80.46)
Central Staff Services: $4,000 ($22.99)
- General - Interest on Debt: $8,000 ($45.98)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $25,000 ($143.68)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $135,000 ($775.86)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $135,000 ($775.86)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $150,000 ($862.07)
Other, NEC: $135,000 ($775.86)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $10,000 ($57.47)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $18,000 ($103.45)
Interest Earnings: $4,000 ($22.99)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $955,000 ($5488.51)
Health - Other: $15,000 ($86.21)
General - Other: $8,000 ($45.98)
Police Protection: $1,000 ($5.75)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $574,000 ($3298.85)
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $300,000 ($1724.14)
Water Utilities: $16,000 ($91.95)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $95,000 ($545.98)
All Other: $7,000 ($40.23)
- Tax - Property: $57,000 ($327.59)
NEC: $1,000 ($5.75)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $60,000 ($344.83)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000 ($5.75)
3.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,156 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.79% | | Minnesota average: | 7.79% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.51% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,472 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.51% | | Minnesota average: | 7.84% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Boyd:
- KDMA (1460 AM; 1 kW; MONTEVIDEO, MN; Owner: IOWA CITY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- KLOH (1050 AM; 9 kW; PIPESTONE, MN; Owner: WALLACE CHRISTENSEN)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- KMSD (1510 AM; 5 kW; MILBANK, SD; Owner: BIG STONE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- WBHR (660 AM; 10 kW; SAUK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: HERBERT M. HOPPE)
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)
- KXMR (710 AM; 50 kW; BISMARCK, ND; Owner: RADIO BISMARCK MANDAN, LLC)
- KXRB (1000 AM; 10 kW; SIOUX FALLS, SD)
Strongest FM radio stations in Boyd:
- KRSU (91.3 FM; APPLETON, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- KNCM (88.5 FM; APPLETON, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
- KKRC (93.9 FM; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: IOWA CITY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KMGM (105.5 FM; MONTEVIDEO, MN; Owner: IOWA CITY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KBPG (89.5 FM; MONTEVIDEO, MN; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KLQP (92.1 FM; MADISON, MN; Owner: LAC QUI PARLE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Boyd:
- KWCM-TV (Channel 10; APPLETON, MN; Owner: WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL TV COMPANY)
- K61AU (Channel 61; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT CORP)
- K18DI (Channel 18; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K24CS (Channel 24; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K26DG (Channel 26; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K32DR (Channel 32; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K47EA (Channel 47; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K63AU (Channel 63; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT CORP)
- K65BA (Channel 65; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT CORP)
- K67AN (Channel 67; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT CORP)
- K69DP (Channel 69; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT CORP)
- K16CP (Channel 16; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K22DO (Channel 22; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K35DK (Channel 35; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K45DJ (Channel 45; GRANITE FALLS, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA VALLEY TV IMPROVEMENT)
- K49ED (Channel 49; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K15DC (Channel 15; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K19CW (Channel 19; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K25EI (Channel 25; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K31BT (Channel 31; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K17CS (Channel 17; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K23DF (Channel 23; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K29CC (Channel 29; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K33CR (Channel 33; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
- K52AH (Channel 52; APPLETON, MN; Owner: PRAIRIEVIEW TV, INC.)
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 0 meters
Total average daily traffic: 485
Total future (year 2029) average daily traffic: 520
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - 1 1/4 Mi W & 1/4 Mi S (Lat: 44.843583 Lon: -95.930306), Call Sign: KSB405, Licensee ID: L00043280
Assigned Frequencies: 151.895 MHz Grant Date: 01/07/2003, Expiration Date: 02/16/2013
Registrant: Bendix Farms, Rt 1 Box 99, Boyd, MN 56218, Phone: (320) 855-2673 - Lat: 44.772528 Lon: -95.889694, Call Sign: WQDT795
Assigned Frequencies: 159.495 MHz, 160.005 MHz, 160.170 MHz Grant Date: 10/28/2005, Expiration Date: 10/28/2015, Certifier: Chad Husby
Registrant: Alpha Wireless Communications, 1115 Cross Street, North Mankato, MN 56003, Phone: (507) 625-6720, Fax: (507) 625-6725
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1 - Call Sign: WD0BXG
Grant Date: 06/17/1996, Expiration Date: 06/17/2006, Cancellation Date: 06/18/2008
Registrant: Robert C Johnson, Rt Box 18, Boyd, MN 56218
| Most common first names in Boyd, MN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 8 | 81.1 years |
| Oscar | 8 | 78.5 years |
| Arnold | 6 | 75.4 years |
| Arthur | 5 | 74.0 years |
| Henry | 5 | 82.2 years |
| Alice | 4 | 74.8 years |
| Alfred | 4 | 74.5 years |
| Harold | 4 | 78.6 years |
| Helmer | 4 | 76.0 years |
| Clara | 4 | 92.5 years |
| Most common last names in Boyd, MN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Hanson | 10 | 78.5 years |
| Olson | 10 | 76.2 years |
| Anderson | 9 | 78.2 years |
| Nelson | 7 | 79.3 years |
| Johnson | 6 | 82.2 years |
| Roggenbuck | 5 | 84.4 years |
| Kopitzke | 5 | 79.0 years |
| Koepp | 4 | 63.5 years |
| Peterson | 4 | 77.5 years |
| Moen | 4 | 76.8 years |
- #36 on the list of "Top 100 cities with lowest ratio of median house value to median household income"
- #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"
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