Boonville vs Hamilton College

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

Boonville and Hamilton College are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hamilton College has the higher population (1,992 vs 1,967 in Boonville). Since 2019, Hamilton College's population has grown faster (+9.5% vs -7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Hamilton College
Population	1,967	1,992
Median age	43.0 yrs	20.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	—
Median home value	$179,100	—
Median gross rent	$563	—
Housing units	878	7
Homeownership rate	48.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	81.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Hamilton College
Population	2,120 → 1,967 (-7.2%)	1,820 → 1,992 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$40,400 → $42,500 (+5.2%)	—
Median home value	$101,100 → $179,100 (+77.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$572 → $563 (-1.6%)	—

Boonville

Population

2,1201,967

Median household income

$40,400$42,500

Median home value

$101,100$179,100

Median gross rent

$572$563

Hamilton College

Population

1,8201,992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Hamilton College
Under 5	3.9%	1.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	0.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	98.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	0.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	0.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	0.1%
75 and over	11.2%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Hamilton College
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	70.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Hamilton College
No high school diploma	7.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	46.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	81.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Hamilton College
Drove alone	66.1%	10.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	3.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	67.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	17.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Hamilton College
1-unit, detached	55.2%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	100.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Hamilton College
Poverty rate	19.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	3.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	9
Median year structure built	1953	—