Boonville vs Tennyson

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

Boonville and Tennyson 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 161 in Tennyson). Boonville has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $42,500 in Tennyson). Boonville has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $90,000 in Tennyson).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Tennyson
Population	6,681	161
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$42,500
Median home value	$143,100	$90,000
Median gross rent	$835	$833
Housing units	3,071	76
Homeownership rate	65.8%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Tennyson
Population	6,292 → 6,681 (+6.2%)	248 → 161 (-35.1%)
Median household income	$43,060 → $62,500 (+45.1%)	$31,250 → $42,500 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $143,100 (+52.6%)	$70,000 → $90,000 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $835 (+28.7%)	$597 → $833 (+39.5%)

Boonville

Population

6,2926,681

Median household income

$43,060$62,500

Median home value

$93,800$143,100

Median gross rent

$649$835

Tennyson

Population

248161

Median household income

$31,250$42,500

Median home value

$70,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$597$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Tennyson
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	25.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.8%
75 and over	9.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Tennyson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Tennyson
No high school diploma	8.7%	20.4%
High school graduate	40.6%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Tennyson
Drove alone	83.7%	93.4%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Tennyson
1-unit, detached	77.6%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	35.5%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Tennyson
Poverty rate	12.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1965	1958