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Boone, NC Urban Area

26,500 Population
18.2 square miles 1,457 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,771 ±$2,862 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$33,810 ±$4,728 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

46.7% ±3.6% (9,664  ±886) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.9 minutes ±1.2 (170,960  ±22,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

9,015 ±583 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.2 (20,692  ±1,037) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1% ±0.8% (105  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,327 ±638 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$359,600 ±$38,174 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

42% ±4.4% (11,063  ±1,248.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.1% ±5.4% (9,254  ±874.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
54.2% ±5.2% (5,449  ±661.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

4.7% ±1.4% (1,243  ±373) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

1.8% ±0.9% (435  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
435 Total veterans ±209 435 Male ±209 N/A Female ±25

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