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Boone High Country--Watauga, Ashe, Yancey, Avery & Mitchell Counties PUMA, NC

134,351 Population
1,519.9 square miles 88.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,698 ±$3,409 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,472 ±$5,161 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.3% ±2.9% (21,403  ±3,631) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.9 minutes ±0.6 (1,182,180  ±47,187) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

55,024 ±2,938 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (123,217  ±1,851) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.7% ±2.6% (1,705  ±794) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

85,152 ±1,646 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$292,600 ±$11,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.9% ±2% (18,522  ±2,664.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.1% ±4.7% (81,483  ±4,633.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
37.6% ±3.4% (34,334  ±3,157.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

5.4% ±0.5% (6,928  ±687.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,300,181 (±0.1% / ±10,955.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

3.9% ±1.1% (5,291  ±1,539) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.8% ±0.9% (6,664  ±1,042) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,664 Total veterans ±1,042 6,215 Male ±1,027 449 Female ±262

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