Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBoonville has lower unemployment (2.6%) than 76% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Boonville B−; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in five work in Boonville itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (31%, 14 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Boonville, in a few figures
Boonville trades workers with the towns around it
Boonville has about as many jobs (3,687) as working residents (3,207), but they are mostly different people: 2,654 residents leave for work each day while 3,134 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Boonville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Boonville works in Evansville
1,009 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Evansville, 14 miles away. That’s more than work in Boonville itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Boonville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boonville is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #330 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Boonville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($63,580, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boonville could be anywhere from C to B+.
A workday in Boonville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,654 residents head out to work, 553 work right here, and 3,134 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Boonville’s residents
Where Boonville clocks in
31% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Boonville
3,687 jobs are based in Boonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boonville, 2013 → 2023: 3,381 → 3,687. 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Boonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boonville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,802 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Boonville
About 15% 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.
Boonville is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boonville is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #197 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Boonville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,976 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of Boonville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Boonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Boonville next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000: 1,842nd of 3,201 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,840 | Montrose Township MI | 5,896 | $76K | 10.3% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,841 | Pavilion Township MI | 6,333 | $84K | 9.5% | 6.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,842 | Boonville IN | 6,689 | $64K | 13.4% | 2.6% | 17% | B− |
| 1,843 | Lone Grove OK | 5,244 | $74K | 14.4% | 1.9% | 3% | B− |
| 1,844 | West Lincoln Township IL | 7,252 | $60K | 11.7% | 2.6% | 28% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Boonville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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?
$63,580 (±$7,275) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boonville?
13.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boonville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boonville work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (31%, 14 mi), Ohio Township (7%, 7 mi), Patoka Township (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boonville walkable?
Boonville is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boonville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.