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28607

35,679 Population
101.7 square miles 350.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 31.4 ±0.6
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,503 ±$3,060 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $34,167 ±$2,046
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$46,639 ±$4,523 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boone, NC Micro Area: $51,693 ±$3,285
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

34.4% ±2.8% (10,087  ±905) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 25.5% 12,395 (±2.1% / ±1,018)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.1 minutes ±1.3 (263,550  ±26,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21.2 486,505 (±1 / ±30,313)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

12,583 ±649 Number of households
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 21,198 ±594
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (29,195  ±1,046) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 2.3 48,532 (±0.1 / ±148)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.2% ±0.7% (144  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 1.5% † 244 (±0.6% / ±99)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

16,768 ±529 Number of housing units
  • the Boone, NC Micro Area: 33,355 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$378,600 ±$28,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little 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

33.2% ±3.4% (11,772  ±1,235.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 24.6% 13,480 (±2.4% / ±1,322.3)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

92.3% ±4.5% (15,286  ±1,038.8) 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)
54.4% ±3.9% (9,006  ±768.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 48.1% 14,956 (±2.9% / ±920.4)
  • about 1.5 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

3.7% ±1% (1,304  ±373) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 3.5% 1,906
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3.1% ±0.9% (996  ±282) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boone, NC Micro Area: 4.4% † 2,150 (±0.7% / ±325)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
996 Total veterans ±282 918 Male ±269 78 Female ±95

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