Boonville vs Elberfeld

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

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

Boonville has the higher population (6,681 vs 958 in Elberfeld). Elberfeld has the higher median household income ($101,964 vs $62,500 in Boonville). Elberfeld has the higher median home value ($161,900 vs $143,100 in Boonville).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Elberfeld
Population	6,681	958
Median age	41.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$101,964
Median home value	$143,100	$161,900
Median gross rent	$835	$625
Housing units	3,071	326
Homeownership rate	65.8%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Elberfeld
Population	6,292 → 6,681 (+6.2%)	732 → 958 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$43,060 → $62,500 (+45.1%)	$63,646 → $101,964 (+60.2%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $143,100 (+52.6%)	$116,300 → $161,900 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $835 (+28.7%)	$622 → $625 (+0.5%)

Boonville

Population

6,2926,681

Median household income

$43,060$62,500

Median home value

$93,800$143,100

Median gross rent

$649$835

Elberfeld

Population

732958

Median household income

$63,646$101,964

Median home value

$116,300$161,900

Median gross rent

$622$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Elberfeld
Under 5	4.8%	19.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	9.2%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Elberfeld
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	14.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Elberfeld
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Elberfeld
Drove alone	83.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Elberfeld
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Elberfeld
Poverty rate	12.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.41	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1965	1953