In addition, Booneville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Booneville attending college, and as a result Booneville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
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.
The citizens of Booneville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.92% of adults in Booneville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Booneville in 2022 was $31,723, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,892 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 English, Irish, European, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Booneville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
