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Boone, IA

12,424 Population
9.1 square miles 1,359.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 29.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$36,117 ±$2,198 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $39,347 ±$1,338
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$69,222 ±$5,215 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $73,127 ±$2,402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

8.3% ±2.4% (1,005  ±296) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.5% 17,602 (±1.1% / ±1,226)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

19.2 minutes ±1.7 (119,085  ±12,723) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 18.8 1,121,515 (±0.5 / ±38,591)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

5,259 ±232 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,840 ±566
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.3 ±0.1 (12,128  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 113,888 (±0 / ±140)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

6% ±3.1% (157  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.3% † 1,123 (±0.6% / ±210)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

5,951 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,928 ±92
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$173,000 ±$8,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $246,300 ±$5,617
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

8.5% ±2.5% (1,045  ±309) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.3% 30,624 (±1.3% / ±1,623.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

94.1% ±6.7% (8,337  ±623.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.8% 69,929 (±2.4% / ±1,737.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
24% ±3.2% (2,126  ±290.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 47.9% 34,602 (±1.6% / ±1,171.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

1.5% ±1% (181  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 7.1% 9,037
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

5.4% ±1.5% (533  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.3% 4,555 (±0.4% / ±406)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
533 Total veterans ±147 475 Male ±136 58 Female ±41

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