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Boone, NC

20,032 Population
6.4 square miles 3,137.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 31.4 ±0.6
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,773 ±$2,460 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $34,167 ±$2,046
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,065 ±$5,963 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $51,693 ±$3,285
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

51.2% ±5.6% (7,043  ±770) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 25.5% 12,395 (±2.1% / ±1,018)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±2.2 (118,880  ±20,478) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21.2 486,505 (±1 / ±30,313)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,975 ±431 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,198 ±594
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (13,723  ±154) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.3 48,532 (±0.1 / ±148)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.6% ±0.4% (49  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 1.5% † 244 (±0.6% / ±99)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,985 ±436 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,355 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$411,100 ±$53,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $358,900 ±$18,269
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

48.7% ±5.6% (9,718  ±1,122.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 24.6% 13,480 (±2.4% / ±1,322.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±7% (5,226  ±703) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 92.6% 28,817 (±4.2% / ±1,327.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
56.8% ±7% (3,149  ±522.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 48.1% 14,956 (±2.9% / ±920.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±1.8% (902  ±363) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 3.5% 1,906
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.2% ±0.6% (230  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 4.4% † 2,150 (±0.7% / ±325)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
230 Total veterans ±113 230 Male ±113 N/A Female ±25

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