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28604

7,869 Population
68.7 square miles 114.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 31.4 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$46,313 ±$5,099 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $34,167 ±$2,046
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$76,319 ±$17,302 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $51,693 ±$3,285
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7.7% ±2.8% (540  ±206) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 25.5% 12,395 (±2.1% / ±1,018)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.2 minutes ±3.2 (70,390  ±14,701) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21.2 486,505 (±1 / ±30,313)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

3,236 ±281 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,198 ±594
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.2 ±0.1 (7,022  ±742) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.3 48,532 (±0.1 / ±148)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.6% ±4.3% (99  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 1.5% † 244 (±0.6% / ±99)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

9,696 ±444 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,355 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$383,800 ±$35,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $358,900 ±$18,269
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13.8% ±3% (1,074  ±255.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 24.6% 13,480 (±2.4% / ±1,322.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.4% ±12% (5,023  ±445.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 92.6% 28,817 (±4.2% / ±1,327.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
46.9% ±3.4% (2,549  ±305.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 48.1% 14,956 (±2.9% / ±920.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

4.4% ±2.2% (344  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 3.5% 1,906
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.5% ±1.5% (428  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 4.4% † 2,150 (±0.7% / ±325)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
428 Total veterans ±108 401 Male ±105 27 Female ±13

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