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Boone, IA

12,445 Population
9.1 square miles 1,361.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 30 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,077 ±$2,591 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $38,602 ±$1,327
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$67,269 ±$3,998 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $71,090 ±$1,875
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

7.7% ±2.1% (937  ±253) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.8% 17,803 (±0.9% / ±1,057)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19.4 minutes ±2 (122,395  ±14,239) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 19.1 1,108,470 (±0.7 / ±48,091)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

5,137 ±233 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,643 ±640
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (12,162  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 112,514 (±0 / ±137)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.7% ±3.3% (157  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,200 (±0.7% / ±217)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

5,751 ±204 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,647 ±80
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$156,400 ±$11,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $231,600 ±$4,636
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

12.2% ±3.2% (1,508  ±392.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.8% 30,762 (±1.4% / ±1,725.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.8% ±6.2% (8,370  ±584) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.7% 69,284 (±2.3% / ±1,625.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
25% ±3.4% (2,180  ±304.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 46.8% 33,504 (±1.6% / ±1,134.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.3% ±0.3% (38  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 6.8% 8,456
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6% ±1.6% (595  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,920 (±0.5% / ±514)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
595 Total veterans ±161 535 Male ±148 60 Female ±36

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