Boonville vs Waterville

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

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

Boonville has the higher population (1,967 vs 1,682 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median household income ($76,125 vs $42,500 in Boonville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($179,100 vs $158,300 in Waterville).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Waterville
Population	1,967	1,682
Median age	43.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$76,125
Median home value	$179,100	$158,300
Median gross rent	$563	$852
Housing units	878	755
Homeownership rate	48.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Waterville
Population	2,120 → 1,967 (-7.2%)	1,599 → 1,682 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$40,400 → $42,500 (+5.2%)	$51,146 → $76,125 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $179,100 (+77.2%)	$118,000 → $158,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $563 (-1.6%)	$682 → $852 (+24.9%)

Boonville

Population

2,1201,967

Median household income

$40,400$42,500

Median home value

$101,100$179,100

Median gross rent

$572$563

Waterville

Population

1,5991,682

Median household income

$51,146$76,125

Median home value

$118,000$158,300

Median gross rent

$682$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Waterville
Under 5	3.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.5%
75 and over	11.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Waterville
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	46.1%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Waterville
Drove alone	66.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	7.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Waterville
1-unit, detached	55.2%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	26.9%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	14.9%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Waterville
Poverty rate	19.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.12	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1953	1938