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

133,368 Population
1,519.9 square miles 87.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.4 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

$38,072 ±$3,732 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,950 ±$3,826 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.5% ±2.9% (21,512  ±3,560) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.4 minutes ±0.6 (1,216,625  ±44,535) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,453 ±2,442 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (122,706  ±1,493) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±2% (1,108  ±627) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

84,853 ±1,297 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$327,100 ±$28,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.6% ±2.1% (19,342  ±2,734.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.3% ±4.3% (83,686  ±4,553.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.6% ±2.8% (30,814  ±2,670.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

5.4% ±0.5% (6,924  ±637) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.2% ±1% (4,240  ±1,386) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.4% ±1.3% (7,320  ±1,497) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,320 Total veterans ±1,497 6,685 Male ±1,489 635 Female ±428

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