Boonville vs Smithtown

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

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

Boonville has the higher population (1,502 vs 168 in Smithtown). Since 2019, Smithtown's population has grown faster (+69.7% vs +39.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Smithtown
Population	1,502	168
Median age	37.5 yrs	15.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	—
Median home value	$167,300	—
Median gross rent	$735	—
Housing units	663	60
Homeownership rate	69.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Smithtown
Population	1,077 → 1,502 (+39.5%)	99 → 168 (+69.7%)
Median household income	$34,865 → $77,500 (+122.3%)	$38,854 → $43,906 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$137,000 → $167,300 (+22.1%)	$90,400 → $101,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $735 (+25.0%)	—

Boonville

Population

1,0771,502

Median household income

$34,865$77,500

Median home value

$137,000$167,300

Median gross rent

$588$735

Smithtown

Population

99168

Median household income

$38,854$43,906

Median home value

$90,400$101,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Smithtown
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	53.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	27.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	5.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	0.0%
75 and over	10.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Smithtown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	29.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Smithtown
No high school diploma	10.5%	21.5%
High school graduate	35.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Smithtown
Drove alone	81.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Smithtown
1-unit, detached	88.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Smithtown
Poverty rate	13.1%	70.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1976	1991