Boonville is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,022 people and just one neighborhood, Boonville is the 592nd largest community in New York. Boonville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.
Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Boonville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Boonville is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Boonville who work in office and administrative support (11.21%), sales jobs (8.99%), and management occupations (8.74%).
Of important note, Boonville is also a village of artists. Boonville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Boonville’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Boonville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.17% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The percentage of adults in Boonville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.58% of the adults in Boonville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Boonville in 2022 was $32,149, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,596 for a family of four. However, Boonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Boonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Boonville include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Boonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry and 4.1% have French Canadian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Boonville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 59.7% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.6%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Boonville, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (11.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.