Con Creek School · Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Boonville
For 38% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%). About one in seven work in Boonville; the top destination outside it is Philo (11%, 5 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Boonville
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Boonville on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Boonville’s workers come from
Where Boonville clocks in
11% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The 319 jobs based in Boonville
319 jobs are based in Boonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boonville, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 319. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Boonville, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boonville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 38% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Boonville’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Boonville: questions
What is the median household income in Boonville?
$42,188 (±$14,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boonville?
16.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boonville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boonville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philo (11%, 5 mi), St. Helena (3%, 60 mi), Ukiah (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.