Boonville, New York.
. Utica-Rome, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Boonville, Oneida County, New York
Boonville is a village of 2,020 people in Oneida County. Unemployment in Oneida County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Oneida County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Boonville is a small village in Oneida County, with a population that stays well below what most people would call a town centre. Winters here are long and cold, with heavy snowfall across the season, and summers turn pleasantly warm without becoming hot. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line, so this is a place where people tend to know one another and make the most of what is close by.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops and manufacturing, with professional and business services also employing many. Among the biggest workplaces in Boonville are the Adirondack Central School District, Upstate Cerebral Palsy and the Village of Boonville itself. Unemployment in Oneida County is a little higher than a year ago, and the county has lost a small share of its jobs. The typical commute is short, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Water is the main draw close to home: Mill Creek and the Sugar River run in or beside town, and Pixley Falls State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. Round Lake is also a short drive off for a quieter day by the water. For a longer outing, Fort Stanwix is a historic fort a longer drive away.
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- 846households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Oneida County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oneida County had 101,447 jobs in 2025, 1.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 8°; warmest in July, with highs near 75° and lows near 56°. About 164 inches of snow and 58 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Boonville Ssw weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Boonville
- Ss-ss-sunsetSkilled nursing130
- Adirondack Central School DistrictSchool district84FTE
- Lodging Kit CompanyGeneral merchandise, durable goods, merchant wholesalers56
- Village of BoonvilleLegislative bodies30
- Upstate Cerebral PalsyGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 241 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Boonville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Oneida County and the Utica-Rome, NY metro.
Boonville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Boonville listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Boonville30.02%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Boonville21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Boonville7
Zip codes with a Boonville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Boonville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.