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Boone, NC Micro Area

55,123 Population
312.4 square miles 176.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,167 ±$2,046 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,693 ±$3,285 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.5% ±2.1% (12,395  ±1,018) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±1 (486,505  ±30,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,198 ±594 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (48,532  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±0.6% (244  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

33,355 ±69 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$358,900 ±$18,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24.6% ±2.4% (13,480  ±1,322.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±4.2% (28,817  ±1,327.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
48.1% ±2.9% (14,956  ±920.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.5% (1,906  ±364) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±0.7% (2,150  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,150 Total veterans ±325 1,980 Male ±296 170 Female ±107

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