Booneville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 8,978 people and six associated neighborhoods, Booneville is the 47th largest community in Mississippi.Booneville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Booneville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Booneville who work in sales jobs (14.33%), healthcare (10.62%), and teaching (9.78%).Booneville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Booneville enrolled in college, Booneville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Booneville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.74 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small city, Booneville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Booneville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.76% of adults in Booneville have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Booneville in 2022 was $29,407, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,628 for a family of four. However, Booneville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Booneville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Booneville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Booneville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Booneville include Irish, English, European, Scottish, and German. The most common language spoken in Booneville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Spanish.
