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Boone, NC

19,534 Population
6.4 square miles 3,060.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 32.2 ±0.7
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$18,600 ±$3,021 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $32,631 ±$1,899
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$28,633 ±$3,395 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $51,367 ±$3,383
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

52.1% ±5.1% (7,156  ±705) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double 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)

14.9 minutes ±1.5 (107,535  ±16,835) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 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

5,874 ±465 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,187 ±634
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.2 (13,728  ±141) 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

0.5% ±0.5% (41  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2% † 318 (±0.8% / ±123)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

6,691 ±479 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,028 ±70
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$373,600 ±$46,093 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $321,500 ±$17,801
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

50.6% ±5.9% (9,849  ±1,158.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double 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

92.9% ±8% (5,451  ±697.7) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
53.1% ±7.2% (3,112  ±514.6) 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

5% ±2% (966  ±391) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,044
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

1.1% ±0.5% (205  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 4.5% † 2,151 (±0.7% / ±319)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
205 Total veterans ±99 205 Male ±99 N/A Female ±21

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