Booneville vs Wheeler

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

Booneville and Wheeler 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 556 in Wheeler). Wheeler has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $123,500 in Booneville). Since 2019, Wheeler's population has grown faster (+36.6% vs +4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Booneville	Wheeler
Population	9,060	556
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,112	—
Median home value	$123,500	$181,300
Median gross rent	$615	—
Housing units	3,887	213
Homeownership rate	72.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booneville	Wheeler
Population	8,637 → 9,060 (+4.9%)	407 → 556 (+36.6%)
Median household income	$36,513 → $50,112 (+37.2%)	—
Median home value	$106,500 → $123,500 (+16.0%)	$155,500 → $181,300 (+16.6%)
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

Wheeler

Population

407556

Median home value

$155,500$181,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Booneville	Wheeler
Under 5	5.4%	13.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	5.6%
18 to 24	17.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	23.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	18.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	24.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	0.0%
75 and over	9.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booneville	Wheeler
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	86.7%
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%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Booneville	Wheeler
No high school diploma	12.0%	20.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booneville	Wheeler
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	Wheeler
1-unit, detached	82.0%	42.3%
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%	57.7%

Poverty & households

	Booneville	Wheeler
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1977	1983