Boonville vs Washington Mills

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

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

Washington Mills has the higher population (2,148 vs 1,967 in Boonville). Washington Mills has the higher median household income ($128,571 vs $42,500 in Boonville). Washington Mills has the higher median home value ($208,500 vs $179,100 in Boonville).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Washington Mills
Population	1,967	2,148
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$128,571
Median home value	$179,100	$208,500
Median gross rent	$563	$1,097
Housing units	878	1,025
Homeownership rate	48.5%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Washington Mills
Population	2,120 → 1,967 (-7.2%)	1,428 → 2,148 (+50.4%)
Median household income	$40,400 → $42,500 (+5.2%)	$58,681 → $128,571 (+119.1%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $179,100 (+77.2%)	$175,800 → $208,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $563 (-1.6%)	$1,056 → $1,097 (+3.9%)

Boonville

Population

2,1201,967

Median household income

$40,400$42,500

Median home value

$101,100$179,100

Median gross rent

$572$563

Washington Mills

Population

1,4282,148

Median household income

$58,681$128,571

Median home value

$175,800$208,500

Median gross rent

$1,056$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Washington Mills
Under 5	3.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	20.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	24.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	2.3%
75 and over	11.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Washington Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Washington Mills
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Washington Mills
Drove alone	66.1%	58.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	20.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	20.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Washington Mills
1-unit, detached	55.2%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	26.9%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	14.9%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Washington Mills
Poverty rate	19.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1953	1968