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Census Tract 9205, Watauga, NC

8,477 Population
1.4 square miles 6,125.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Boone: 21.3 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Watauga County: 31.4 ±0.6
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$11,682 ±$4,201 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Boone: $17,773 † ±$2,460
  • about one-third of the amount in Watauga County: $34,167 ±$2,046
  • about one-quarter of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$32,010 ±$6,645 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Boone: $30,065 † ±$5,963
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Watauga County: $51,693 ±$3,285
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

44.6% ±11.8% (1,135  ±375) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Boone: 51.2% † 7,043 (±5.6% / ±770)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Watauga County: 25.5% 12,395 (±2.1% / ±1,018)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

12.1 minutes ±4.3 (29,040  ±7,068) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Boone: 15.8 † 118,880 (±2.2 / ±20,478)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Watauga County: 21.2 486,505 (±1 / ±30,313)
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,091 ±184 Number of households
  • Boone: 5,975 ±431
  • Watauga County: 21,198 ±594
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (2,546  ±503) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Boone: 2.3 13,723 (±0.2 / ±154)
  • about the same as the figure in Watauga County: 2.3 48,532 (±0.1 / ±148)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

0.3% ±0.5% (14  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Boone: 0.6% † 49 (±0.4% / ±37)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Watauga County: 1.5% † 244 (±0.6% / ±99)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,262 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Boone: 6,985 ±436
  • Watauga County: 33,355 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$441,200 ±$19,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Boone: $411,100 † ±$53,060
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Watauga County: $358,900 ±$18,269
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

61.1% ±5.5% (5,170  ±563.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Boone: 48.7% † 9,718 (±5.6% / ±1,122.1)
  • more than double the rate in Watauga County: 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)

Social

86.5% ±35.1% (807  ±203.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Boone: 94.3% 5,226 (±7% / ±703)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Watauga County: 92.6% 28,817 (±4.2% / ±1,327.5)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
59.8% ±25.9% (558  ±163.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Boone: 56.8% † 3,149 (±7% / ±522.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Watauga County: 48.1% 14,956 (±2.9% / ±920.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

2.8% ±2.3% (238  ±199) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Boone: 4.5% † 902 (±1.8% / ±363)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Watauga County: 3.5% 1,906
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

0.4% ±0.3% (34  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Boone: 1.2% † 230 (±0.6% / ±113)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Watauga County: 4.4% † 2,150 (±0.7% / ±325)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
34 Total veterans ±28 34 Male ±28 N/A Female ±19

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