diff --git a/benchmark/BooleanAttributesBenchmark.cs b/benchmark/BooleanAttributesBenchmark.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04478bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/BooleanAttributesBenchmark.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using Mapbox.Vector.Tile;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace mapbox.vector.tile.benchmark;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Benchmarks parsing of a tile with many boolean attributes, to measure
+/// the impact of the pre-boxed Boxes.Boolean_True/False optimisation.
+/// </summary>
+[MemoryDiagnoser]
+public class BooleanAttributesBenchmark
+{
+    private MemoryStream _tileStream = null!;
+
+    [GlobalSetup]
+    public void Setup()
+    {
+        const int featureCount = 100_000;
+        const uint extent = 4096;
+
+        var attributes = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>
+        {
+            new("is_active",    true),
+            new("is_visible",   true),
+            new("is_selected",  false),
+            new("has_children", false),
+            new("is_root",      true),
+        };
+
+        var features = new List<VectorTileFeature>(featureCount);
+        for (var i = 0; i < featureCount; i++)
+        {
+            var geometry = new List<ArraySegment<Coordinate>>
+            {
+                new([new Coordinate { X = 0, Y = 0 }]),
+            };
+            features.Add(new VectorTileFeature(
+                id: i.ToString(),
+                geometry: geometry,
+                attributes: attributes,
+                geometryType: Tile.GeomType.Point,
+                extent: extent));
+        }
+
+        var layer = new VectorTileLayer("bool_layer", 2, extent)
+        {
+            VectorTileFeatures = features,
+        };
+
+        var buffer = new MemoryStream();
+        VectorTileEncoder.Encode([layer], buffer);
+        _tileStream = new MemoryStream(buffer.ToArray());
+    }
+
+    [IterationSetup]
+    public void ResetStream() => _tileStream.Position = 0;
+
+    [Benchmark]
+    public List<VectorTileLayer> ParseBooleanAttributeTile()
+    {
+        _tileStream.Position = 0;
+        return VectorTileParser.Parse(_tileStream);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/benchmark/Program.cs b/benchmark/Program.cs
index ddb2072..046d24d 100644
--- a/benchmark/Program.cs
+++ b/benchmark/Program.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class Program
 {
     static void Main(string[] args)
     {
-        var summary = BenchmarkRunner.Run<ParsingBenchmark>();
+        BenchmarkRunner.Run<ParsingBenchmark>();
+        BenchmarkRunner.Run<BooleanAttributesBenchmark>();
         Console.ReadKey();
     }
 }
diff --git a/benchmark/Properties/launchSettings.json b/benchmark/Properties/launchSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b530c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "profiles": {
+    "BooleanAttributes": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "commandLineArgs": "BooleanAttributes"
+    },
+    "Parsing": {
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "commandLineArgs": "Parsing"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/AttributesParser.cs b/src/AttributesParser.cs
index 53cce64..62552f5 100644
--- a/src/AttributesParser.cs
+++ b/src/AttributesParser.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 
 namespace Mapbox.Vector.Tile;
 
@@ -8,53 +7,67 @@ public static class AttributesParser
 {
     public static List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> Parse(List<string> keys, List<Tile.Value> values, List<uint> tags)
     {
-        var result = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();
-        var odds = tags.GetOdds().ToList();
-        var evens = tags.GetEvens().ToList();
+        var result = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>(keys.Count);
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < evens.Count; i++)
+        for (var i = 0; i < tags.Count; i += 2)
         {
-            var key = keys[(int)evens[i]];
-            var val = values[(int)odds[i]];
-            var valObject = GetAttr(val);
-            result.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, object>(key, valObject));
+            var key = keys[(int)tags[i]];
+            var val = values[(int)tags[i + 1]];
+            result.Add(new(key, GetAttr(val)));
         }
         return result;
     }
 
-    private static object GetAttr(Tile.Value value)
+    private static object GetAttr(Tile.Value value) => value switch
     {
-        if (value.HasBoolValue)
+        { HasStringValue: true } => value.StringValue,
+        { HasBoolValue: true } => value.BoolValue ? Boxes.Boolean_True : Boxes.Boolean_False,
+        
+        { HasDoubleValue: true } => value.DoubleValue switch
         {
-            return value.BoolValue;
-        }
-        else if (value.HasDoubleValue)
-        {
-            return value.DoubleValue;
-        }
-        else if (value.HasFloatValue)
-        {
-            return value.FloatValue;
-        }
-        else if (value.HasIntValue)
-        {
-            return value.IntValue;
-        }
-        else if (value.HasStringValue)
+            0 => Boxes.Double_0,
+            1 => Boxes.Double_1,
+            _ => value.DoubleValue,
+        },
+        { HasFloatValue: true } => value.FloatValue switch
         {
-            return value.StringValue;
-        }
-        else if (value.HasSIntValue)
+            0 => Boxes.Single_0,
+            1 => Boxes.Single_1,
+            _ => value.FloatValue,
+        },
+        { HasIntValue: true } => value.IntValue switch
         {
-            return value.SintValue;
-        }
-        else if (value.HasUIntValue)
+            0 => Boxes.Int64_0,
+            1 => Boxes.Int64_1,
+            _ => value.IntValue,
+        },
+        { HasSIntValue: true } => value.SintValue switch
         {
-            return value.UintValue;
-        }
-        else
+            0 => Boxes.Int64_0,
+            1 => Boxes.Int64_1,
+            _ => value.SintValue,
+        },
+        { HasUIntValue: true } => value.UintValue switch
         {
-            throw new NotImplementedException("Unknown attribute type");
-        }
+            0 => Boxes.UInt64_0,
+            1 => Boxes.UInt64_1,
+            _ => value.UintValue,
+        },
+
+        _ => throw new NotImplementedException("Unknown attribute type"),
+    };
+
+    private static class Boxes
+    {
+        public static readonly object Boolean_True = true;
+        public static readonly object Boolean_False = false;
+        public static readonly object Int64_0 = 0L;
+        public static readonly object Int64_1 = 1L;
+        public static readonly object Single_0 = 0f;
+        public static readonly object Single_1 = 1f;
+        public static readonly object Double_0 = 0d;
+        public static readonly object Double_1 = 1d;
+        public static readonly object UInt64_0 = 0ul;
+        public static readonly object UInt64_1 = 1ul;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ExtensionMethods/IEnumerableExtensions.cs b/src/ExtensionMethods/IEnumerableExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4de1c2c..0000000
--- a/src/ExtensionMethods/IEnumerableExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace Mapbox.Vector.Tile;
-
-public static class EnumerableExtensions
-{
-    public static IEnumerable<T> GetOdds<T>(this IEnumerable<T> sequence)
-    {
-        return sequence.Where((item, index) => index % 2 != 0);
-    }
-
-    public static IEnumerable<T> GetEvens<T>(this IEnumerable<T> sequence)
-    {
-        return sequence.Where((item, index) => index % 2 == 0);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/VectorTileParser.cs b/src/VectorTileParser.cs
index ce5c279..8a5d104 100644
--- a/src/VectorTileParser.cs
+++ b/src/VectorTileParser.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ public static class VectorTileParser
     public static List<VectorTileLayer> Parse(Stream stream)
     {
         var tile = Serializer.Deserialize<Tile>(stream);
-        var list = new List<VectorTileLayer>();
+        var list = new List<VectorTileLayer>(tile.Layers.Count);
         foreach (var layer in tile.Layers)
         {
             var extent = layer.Extent;
             var vectorTileLayer = new VectorTileLayer(layer.Name ?? "[Unnamed]", layer.Version, extent);
+            vectorTileLayer.VectorTileFeatures.Capacity = layer.Features.Count;
 
             foreach (var feature in layer.Features)
             {
diff --git a/tests/IEnumerableExtensionTests.cs b/tests/IEnumerableExtensionTests.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index cb58670..0000000
--- a/tests/IEnumerableExtensionTests.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using NUnit.Framework;
-
-namespace Mapbox.Vector.Tile.tests;
-
-public class EnumerableExtensionTests
-{
-    [Test]
-    public void TestEvensMethod()
-    {
-        // arrange
-        var sequence = new List<int> { 0, 1, 2, 3 };
-
-        // act
-        var evens = sequence.GetEvens().ToList();
-
-        // assert
-        Assert.That(evens[0] == 0);
-        Assert.That(evens[1] == 2);
-    }
-
-    [Test]
-    public void TestOddsMethod()
-    {
-        // arrange
-        var sequence = new List<int> { 0, 1, 2, 3 };
-
-        // act
-        var evens = sequence.GetOdds().ToList();
-
-        // assert
-        Assert.That(evens[0] == 1);
-        Assert.That(evens[1] == 3);
-    }
-}