Boone is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 20,080 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Boone is the 52nd largest community in North Carolina. Boone home prices are not only among the most expensive in North Carolina, but Boone real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Boone is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Boone is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Boone who work in food service (18.62%), sales jobs (17.58%), and teaching (13.58%). Also of interest is that Boone has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.08% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Boone is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Boone have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Boone’s economy is one such example of this. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Boone spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.97 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Many people in Boone take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the town, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Boone citizens for affordable transportation.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Boone, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Boone is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 56.82% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Boone in 2022 was $17,773, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,092 for a family of four. However, Boone contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Boone also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 51.21% of its population below the federal poverty line.Boone is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Boone home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boone residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Boone include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Boone is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
