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Boone township, Watauga County, NC

10,396 Population
1.6 square miles 6,518.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Watauga County: 32.2 ±0.7
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$16,560 ±$4,192 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Watauga County: $32,631 ±$1,899
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$31,933 ±$11,204 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Watauga County: $51,367 ±$3,383
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

44.1% ±10.5% (2,146  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Watauga County: 24.7% 12,005 (±2% / ±961)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

14.2 minutes ±4.1 (51,415  ±10,527) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Watauga County: 20.7 481,140 (±1 / ±31,195)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,120 ±314 Number of households
  • Watauga County: 21,187 ±634
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (4,845  ±798) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Watauga County: 2.3 48,489 (±0.1 / ±138)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,566 ±368 Number of housing units
  • Watauga County: 33,028 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$400,000 ±$105,307 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Watauga County: $321,500 ±$17,801
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

57.6% ±6.4% (5,988  ±816.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Watauga County: 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

90.6% ±1.9% (2,024  ±427.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Watauga County: 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)
57.4% ±9.5% (1,282  ±342.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 47.7% 14,869 (±2.9% / ±895)
  • more than 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

4.6% ±2.5% (475  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 3.7% 2,044
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

0.4% ±0.4% (41  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Watauga County: 4.5% † 2,151 (±0.7% / ±319)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
41 Total veterans ±37 41 Male ±37 N/A Female ±21

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