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Boone County, IA

Demographic and economic profile of Boone County, IA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Boone County's economy supports a workforce of roughly 17,500 labor-force participants against a 1.3% unemployment rate, with median worker earnings of $45,780 and a per capita income of $41,075. At 28.7% holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 95.7% with at least a high school diploma, the county's educational attainment skews toward skilled trades and technical roles rather than professional-degree concentrations. Housing costs remain modest—median home value of $191,200 and median gross rent of $826 per month—with an 81.1% homeownership rate and a 6.7% poverty rate pointing to relative economic stability in a county of 26,669 residents that grew 1.0% over five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

26,669

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$83,531

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

42.4 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+1.0% since 2018

Boone County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone25,099 (94.1%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races538 (2.0%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race491 (1.8%)
  • Black or African American Alone307 (1.2%)
  • Some Other Race Alone169 (0.6%)
  • Asian Alone53 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish351
  2. 2.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic88
  3. 3.Other Asian and Pacific Island37
  4. 4.German or other West Germanic28
  5. 5.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)14

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

20.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

59.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

19.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,218

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$39,893

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$41,075

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

1.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

6.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance4,044
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)1,671
  3. 3.Manufacturing (Group)1,593
  4. 4.Construction (Group)1,488
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services915

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations5,446
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations2,629
  3. 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations2,256
  4. 4.Service Occupations2,099
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,823

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 3.70×)832
  2. 2.Construction (LQ 1.30×)1,271
  3. 3.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.17×)3,849
  4. 4.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.14×)372
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.12×)1,728

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$191,200

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$826/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

80.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $300,000 to $399,9991,439 (16.4%)
  • $200,000 to $249,9991,164 (13.3%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999976 (11.2%)
  • $400,000 to $499,999738 (8.4%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999731 (8.4%)
  • $125,000 to $149,999698 (8.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

28.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

95.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

65.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$45,780

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

22.5 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone11,221 (79.2%)
  • Worked At Home1,431 (10.1%)
  • Carpooled1,052 (7.4%)
  • Walked253 (1.8%)
  • Public Transit82 (0.6%)
  • Other74 (0.5%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.