Booneville vs New Site

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

Booneville and New Site 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 226 in New Site). New Site has the higher median home value ($148,500 vs $123,500 in Booneville). Since 2019, New Site's population has grown faster (+68.7% vs +4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Booneville	New Site
Population	9,060	226
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,112	—
Median home value	$123,500	$148,500
Median gross rent	$615	—
Housing units	3,887	82
Homeownership rate	72.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booneville	New Site
Population	8,637 → 9,060 (+4.9%)	134 → 226 (+68.7%)
Median household income	$36,513 → $50,112 (+37.2%)	—
Median home value	$106,500 → $123,500 (+16.0%)	$212,500 → $148,500 (-30.1%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $615 (+10.8%)	—

Booneville

Population

8,6379,060

Median household income

$36,513$50,112

Median home value

$106,500$123,500

Median gross rent

$555$615

New Site

Population

134226

Median home value

$212,500$148,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Booneville	New Site
Under 5	5.4%	15.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	17.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	30.1%
75 and over	9.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booneville	New Site
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	88.5%
Black or African American	18.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Booneville	New Site
No high school diploma	12.0%	26.8%
High school graduate	26.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booneville	New Site
Drove alone	84.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Booneville	New Site
1-unit, detached	82.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Booneville	New Site
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1977	1987