Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Boonville’s household incomes are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 14.3% (Missouri 12.6%). For jobs and income Boonville is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Boonville: the gist
Boonville trades workers with the towns around it
Boonville has about as many jobs (3,462) as working residents (3,304), but they are mostly different people: 2,358 residents leave for work each day while 2,516 people come in. Only 27% of the jobs in Boonville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Boonville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Boonville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Boonville’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boonville could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who commutes out of Boonville, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,358 residents head out to work, 946 work right here, and 2,516 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 (1.05 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 daily trip from Boonville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,990 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
29% of working residents work in Columbia
Where Boonville clocks in
29% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Boonville: what the 3,462 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boonville, 2013 → 2023: 4,007 → 3,462. 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.
How far it is to work from Boonville
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Boonville gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,090 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). 6.1% of Boonville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Boonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Boonville is 2,590th of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,588 | Benton Park CA | 5,707 | $50K | 37.0% | 6.7% | 1% | C− |
| 2,589 | Eastman GA | 5,572 | $52K | 15.3% | 4.0% | 32% | C− |
| 2,590 | Boonville MO | 7,867 | $56K | 14.3% | 5.8% | 29% | C− |
| 2,591 | Park Hills MO | 8,753 | $53K | 14.4% | 5.9% | 13% | C− |
| 2,592 | Somerset PA | 5,815 | $47K | 17.2% | 5.1% | 25% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | 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 Missouri.
How Boonville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boonville | – | C− | B | 25 min | $56,429 |
| Windsor Place | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Windsor Place: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boonville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$56,429 (±$9,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boonville?
14.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boonville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boonville work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (29%, 23 mi), Jefferson City (4%, 41 mi), Kansas City (2%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boonville walkable?
Boonville is more walkable than 59% 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 6% 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.