Boonville vs Prairie Home

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

Boonville and Prairie Home 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 214 in Prairie Home). Prairie Home has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $51,321 in Boonville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $118,800 in Prairie Home).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Prairie Home
Population	7,682	214
Median age	38.5 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,321	$52,083
Median home value	$173,400	$118,800
Median gross rent	$759	$700
Housing units	3,229	111
Homeownership rate	67.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Prairie Home
Population	8,418 → 7,682 (-8.7%)	237 → 214 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$46,287 → $51,321 (+10.9%)	$51,667 → $52,083 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $173,400 (+53.2%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $759 (+12.3%)	$535 → $700 (+30.8%)

Boonville

Population

8,4187,682

Median household income

$46,287$51,321

Median home value

$113,200$173,400

Median gross rent

$676$759

Prairie Home

Population

237214

Median household income

$51,667$52,083

Median home value

$81,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$535$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Prairie Home
Under 5	6.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	24.3%
75 and over	8.5%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Prairie Home
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.0%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Prairie Home
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Prairie Home
Drove alone	79.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Prairie Home
1-unit, detached	72.4%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Prairie Home
Poverty rate	12.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1966	1978