Overall, Booneville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Booneville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Booneville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Booneville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Booneville may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Booneville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.66 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Booneville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Booneville is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.58% of adults 25 and older in Booneville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Booneville in 2022 was $30,403, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,612 for a family of four.
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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Booneville include English, Dutch, Italian, Welsh, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Booneville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
