Best PlacesBoonville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Boonville ranks 11,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Boonville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Boonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boonville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 80% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of towns
Where Boonville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 53 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,094 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 31% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boonville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,509, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Boonville's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boonville
Boonville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Boonville.
Who works in Boonville, and how
Work in Boonville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Boonville
Boonville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Boonville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Boonville, month by month
Boonville sees roughly 53 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Boonville
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Indianapolis International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boonville
Schools across Boonville average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- John H Castle Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Lynnville Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Chrisney Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Hills Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Castle North Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Castle South Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Castle High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Heritage Hills High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- South Spencer High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boonville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Boonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boonville
Is Boonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boonville ranks 11,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, walkability, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Boonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,803. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $85,509 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Boonville safe?
Yes, Boonville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Boonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boonville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Boonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boonville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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