Blende vs Boone

A side-by-side comparison of Blende and Boone: population, income, housing, and more.

Blende and Boone are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blende has the higher population (646 vs 247 in Boone). Boone has the higher median household income ($75,190 vs $50,385 in Blende). Blende has the higher median home value ($240,700 vs $45,200 in Boone).

Population, income & housing

	Blende	Boone
Population	646	247
Median age	55.9 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,385	$75,190
Median home value	$240,700	$45,200
Median gross rent	$1,479	$988
Housing units	346	222
Homeownership rate	68.2%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blende	Boone
Population	879 → 646 (-26.5%)	233 → 247 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $50,385 (+24.5%)	$35,179 → $75,190 (+113.7%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $240,700 (+56.9%)	$64,200 → $45,200 (-29.6%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,479 (+87.2%)	$575 → $988 (+71.8%)

Blende

Population

879646

Median household income

$40,469$50,385

Median home value

$153,400$240,700

Median gross rent

$790$1,479

Boone

Population

233247

Median household income

$35,179$75,190

Median home value

$64,200$45,200

Median gross rent

$575$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blende	Boone
Under 5	1.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	2.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	2.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	26.7%
65 to 74	18.9%	11.7%
75 and over	13.5%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blende	Boone
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	56.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	57.4%	41.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blende	Boone
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	18.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blende	Boone
Drove alone	84.4%	97.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blende	Boone
1-unit, detached	85.3%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Blende	Boone
Poverty rate	19.3%	18.6%
Average household size	2.18	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1960	1954