Boonville vs Otterville

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

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

Boonville has the higher population (7,682 vs 454 in Otterville). Boonville has the higher median household income ($51,321 vs $48,281 in Otterville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $114,000 in Otterville).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Otterville
Population	7,682	454
Median age	38.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,321	$48,281
Median home value	$173,400	$114,000
Median gross rent	$759	$688
Housing units	3,229	228
Homeownership rate	67.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Otterville
Population	8,418 → 7,682 (-8.7%)	375 → 454 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$46,287 → $51,321 (+10.9%)	$36,563 → $48,281 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $173,400 (+53.2%)	$76,400 → $114,000 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $759 (+12.3%)	$591 → $688 (+16.4%)

Boonville

Population

8,4187,682

Median household income

$46,287$51,321

Median home value

$113,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$676$759

Otterville

Population

375454

Median household income

$36,563$48,281

Median home value

$76,400$114,000

Median gross rent

$591$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Otterville
Under 5	6.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	15.6%
75 and over	8.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Otterville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Otterville
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	40.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Otterville
Drove alone	79.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Otterville
1-unit, detached	72.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Otterville
Poverty rate	12.4%	15.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	41
Median year structure built	1966	1958