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28605

3,312 Population
28.9 square miles 114.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±7.9 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 31.9 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 38.7 ±0.2

Economics

$44,184 ±$5,935 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $26,882 ±$1,295
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $30,783 ±$154
$69,459 ±$16,824 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $47,526 ±$2,387
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $54,602 ±$231

8.1% ±3% (266  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 25.4% 12,415 (±1.7% / ±834)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,467,591 (±0.2% / ±17,884)

23.1 minutes ±5.5 (37,855  ±12,311) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 20.5 475,495 (±1 / ±29,093)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.8 111,158,735 (±0.1 / ±446,673)

Families

1,582 ±208 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,077 ±588
  • North Carolina: 3,965,482 ±10,327
2.1 ±0.2 (3,277  ±533) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.3 48,926 (±0.1 / ±329)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 9,987,956 (±0)

2.9% ±4.4% (18  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.6% † 407 (±0.8% / ±122)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 123,554 (±0.1% / ±2,927)

Housing

4,176 ±219 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,751 ±169
  • North Carolina: 4,627,089 ±676

$358,900 ±$48,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $238,000 ±$7,932
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $172,500 ±$438

13% ±6.1% (429  ±212.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 26% 14,201 (±2.2% / ±1,204.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 15.2% 1,543,434 (±0.2% / ±15,840.9)

Social

96.2% ±16.9% (2,529  ±296.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 90.8% 28,825 (±3.2% / ±1,044.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,130,463 (±0.3% / ±18,865.8)
54% ±4.2% (1,419  ±216.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 42.2% 13,409 (±2.2% / ±704.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,182,853 (±0.2% / ±11,120.3)

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

2.7% ±1.5% (89  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.9% † 1,614 (±0.4% / ±225)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 822,764 (±0.1% / ±7,421)

7.8% ±2.5% (232  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 5.7% 2,723 (±0.6% / ±267)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.4% 659,584 (±0.1% / ±6,241)
232 Total veterans ±81 232 Male ±81 N/A Female ±12

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