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.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Booneville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Booneville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Booneville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.66 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 adults in Booneville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.58% of the adults in Booneville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Booneville in 2018 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.
