Boonville vs Willits

A side-by-side comparison of Boonville and Willits: population, income, housing, and more.

Boonville and Willits are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willits has the higher population (4,945 vs 985 in Boonville). Willits has the higher median household income ($55,971 vs $53,510 in Boonville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($625,000 vs $306,800 in Willits).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Willits
Population	985	4,945
Median age	48.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,510	$55,971
Median home value	$625,000	$306,800
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,152
Housing units	452	2,106
Homeownership rate	64.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Willits
Population	947 → 985 (+4.0%)	4,893 → 4,945 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$51,346 → $53,510 (+4.2%)	$35,204 → $55,971 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$514,900 → $625,000 (+21.4%)	$251,700 → $306,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,380 (+17.0%)	$963 → $1,152 (+19.6%)

Boonville

Population

947985

Median household income

$51,346$53,510

Median home value

$514,900$625,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,380

Willits

Population

4,8934,945

Median household income

$35,204$55,971

Median home value

$251,700$306,800

Median gross rent

$963$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Willits
Under 5	1.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.6%
75 and over	15.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Willits
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	63.3%
Black or African American	15.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	14.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Willits
No high school diploma	21.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	9.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Willits
Drove alone	72.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	13.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Willits
1-unit, detached	90.0%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Willits
Poverty rate	6.0%	13.7%
Average household size	3.16	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1965	1973