Baldwyn vs Booneville

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwyn and Booneville: population, income, housing, and more.

Baldwyn and Booneville are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Booneville has the higher population (9,060 vs 3,005 in Baldwyn). Booneville has the higher median household income ($50,112 vs $43,333 in Baldwyn). Booneville has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $94,000 in Baldwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwyn	Booneville
Population	3,005	9,060
Median age	44.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$50,112
Median home value	$94,000	$123,500
Median gross rent	$481	$615
Housing units	1,606	3,887
Homeownership rate	76.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwyn	Booneville
Population	2,674 → 3,005 (+12.4%)	8,637 → 9,060 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$31,875 → $43,333 (+35.9%)	$36,513 → $50,112 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $94,000 (+0.9%)	$106,500 → $123,500 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $481 (+11.1%)	$555 → $615 (+10.8%)

Baldwyn

Population

2,6743,005

Median household income

$31,875$43,333

Median home value

$93,200$94,000

Median gross rent

$433$481

Booneville

Population

8,6379,060

Median household income

$36,513$50,112

Median home value

$106,500$123,500

Median gross rent

$555$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwyn	Booneville
Under 5	1.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	24.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	17.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.4%
75 and over	9.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwyn	Booneville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	75.6%
Black or African American	45.8%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwyn	Booneville
No high school diploma	20.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwyn	Booneville
Drove alone	81.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	1.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwyn	Booneville
1-unit, detached	78.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Baldwyn	Booneville
Poverty rate	19.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1983	1977