Booneville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Booneville enrolled in college, Booneville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.74 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small city, Booneville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Booneville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.76% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Booneville in 2022 was $29,407, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,628 for a family of four. However, Booneville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Booneville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Booneville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Booneville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Booneville include Irish, English, European, Scottish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Booneville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Spanish.
