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28607

35,504 Population
101.7 square miles 349 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 32.2 ±0.7
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,352 ±$2,534 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $32,631 ±$1,899
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$44,132 ±$4,588 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $51,367 ±$3,383
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

34.9% ±2.9% (10,340  ±943) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 24.7% 12,005 (±2% / ±961)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

17.7 minutes ±1.3 (254,945  ±26,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 20.7 481,140 (±1 / ±31,195)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

12,645 ±645 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,187 ±634
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (29,481  ±1,040) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.3 48,489 (±0.1 / ±138)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.4% ±0.8% (168  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2% † 318 (±0.8% / ±123)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

16,726 ±663 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,028 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$339,200 ±$26,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $321,500 ±$17,801
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

33.7% ±3.4% (11,911  ±1,260.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 25.6% † 13,923 (±2.6% / ±1,399.4)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.6% ±4.6% (15,397  ±1,016.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 92.4% 28,838 (±4% / ±1,264.8)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
53.8% ±4% (9,055  ±775.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 47.7% 14,869 (±2.9% / ±895)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

4% ±1% (1,436  ±368) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,044
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

2.6% ±0.8% (818  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 4.5% † 2,151 (±0.7% / ±319)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
818 Total veterans ±256 803 Male ±255 15 Female ±30

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